Table 3 Comparison of post-surgical rehabilitation recommendations between expert and non-expert surgeons who perform knee arthroscopy
Parameter: | All (n = 205) | Experts (n = 55) | Non-experts (n = 150) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Talk about the need for rehabilitation | 203 (99%) | 55 (100%) | 148 (99%) | n.s. |
Always recommend rehabilitation | 135 (64%) | 41 (75%) | 94 (63%) | n.s. |
Mostly recommend rehabilitation | 43 (21%) | 8 (14%) | 35 (23%) | n.s. |
Patients mostly follow the rehabilitation recommendations | 28 (14%) | 12 (22%) | 16 (14%) | 0.032 |
Patients sometimes follow the rehabilitation recommendations | 122 (60%) | 30 (55%) | 92 (61%) | n.s. |
Beginning of rehabilitation on the day of surgery | 22 (11%) | 14 (25%) | 8 (5%) | 0.007 |
Beginning of rehabilitation one day after the surgery | 124 (60%) | 33 (60%) | 91 (61%) | |
Recommend standardized rehabilitation | 84 (42%) | 21 (38%) | 63 (43%) | n.s. |
Dependence of rehabilitation program on performed procedure | 176 (86%) | 47 (85%) | 129 (63%) | n.s. |
Recommend rehabilitation with a physiotherapist | 189 (92%) | 49 (89%) | 140 (93%) | n.s. |
Recommend cryotherapy | 158 (77%) | 45 (82%) | 113 (75%) | n.s. |
Recommend physical therapy | 133 (65%) | 29 (53%) | 104 (69%) | 0.04 |
Recommend lasertherapy | 69 (34%) | 16 (29%) | 53 (35%) | n.s. |
Recommend magnetotherapy | 71 (34%) | 7 (13%) | 51 (34%) | n.s. |
Recommend ultrasounds | 58 (28%) | 18 (32%) | 53 (35%) | n.s. |
Recommend ionophoresis | 39 (19%) | 8 (14%) | 31 (20%) | n.s. |
Recommend TENS | 38 (19%) | 7 (13%) | 31 (20%) | n.s. |