2018 John N. Insall Award: Recovery of Knee Flexion With Unsupervised Home Exercise Is Not Inferior to Outpatient Physical Therapy After TKA: A Randomized Trial
Author(s) -
Andrew N. Fleischman,
Meredith P. Crizer,
Majd Tarabichi,
Shelby R. Smith,
Richard H. Rothman,
Jess H. Lonner,
Antonia F. Chen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000561
Subject(s) - medicine , knee surgery , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , sports medicine , orthopedic surgery , knee flexion , knee prosthesis , physical medicine and rehabilitation , osteoarthritis , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
Concerns about the cost and convenience of postsurgical physical therapy (PT) have sparked interest in unsupervised, home-based rehabilitation. However, the effectiveness of unsupervised home exercise after primary TKA has not been previously evaluated.
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