Open AccessIndividual Patient-reported Activity Levels Before and After Joint Arthroplasty Are Neither Accurate nor Reproducible
Author(s) -
Natalie H. Vaughn,
Mitchell Dunklebarger,
Mark W. Mason
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.0000000000000591
Subject(s) - medicine , treadmill , accelerometer , wilcoxon signed rank test , sports medicine , arthroplasty , physical therapy , joint arthroplasty , surgery , mann–whitney u test , computer science , operating system
Patients often are asked to report walking distances before joint arthroplasty and when discussing their results after surgery, but little evidence demonstrates whether patient responses accurately represent their activity.