Rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty

Holm, B.; Kehlet, H.

Ugeskrift for Laeger 171(9): 691-694

2009


ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824
PMID: 19257993
Document Number: 636933
The short- and long-term benefits of post-discharge physiotherapy regimens after total knee arthroplasty are debatable. A national survey including hospitals in Denmark that perform total knee arthroplasty showed a large variability in indication and regimen for post-knee arthroplasty rehabilitation. Since hospital stay duration has decreased considerably, the need for post-discharge physiotherapy may also have changed. Thus, the indication for and types of rehabilitation programmes need to be studied within the context of fast-track knee arthroplasty.

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