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JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY
Volume 30, Issue 9, Pages 1657-1663Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE INC MEDICAL PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.04.013
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knee arthroplasty; osteoarthritis; physiotherapy; exercise; knee replacement
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We undertook a systematic review of 11 randomised controlled trials comparing patient outcomes in total knee arthroplasty in those who had undergone pre-operative physiotherapy-based interventions against control groups. Results show that there is little evidence that pre-operative physiotherapy brings about significant improvements in patient outcome scores, lower limb strength, pain, range of movement and hospital length of stay following total knee arthroplasty. The overall quality of the studies was moderate to poor, mostly due to the small sample sizes. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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