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Table 3 Frequency and percentage of adequately reported CERT items in the intervention and control groups of post-operative TKA studies

From: Reporting of post-operative rehabilitation interventions for Total knee arthroplasty: a scoping review

CERT Item

Intervention

(n = 120)

Control (n = 112)

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Item 1: Exercise Equipment

69 (58%)

32 (31%)

Item 2: Provider Qualifications

10 (8%)

7 (6%)

Item 3: Individual/Group Delivery

114 (95%)

95 (87%)

Item 4: Supervised/Unsupervised

119 (99%)

101(93%)

Item 5: Exercise Adherence

43 (35%)

29 (27%)

Item 6: Motivation

39 (33%)

24 (22%)

Item 7a: Exercise Progression Decision

63 (53%)

38 (35%)

Item 7b: Exercise Progression Description

49 (41%)

29 (28%)

Item 8: Description of Exercise

69 (58%)

46 (43%)

Item 9: Home Program Component

62 (52%)

50 (46%)

Item 10: Non-Exercise Component

63 (52%)

53 (49%)

Item 11: Adverse Events

54 (45%)

49 (45%)

Item 12: Setting of Intervention

110 (92%)

96 (89%)

Item 13: Dosage Total

45 (38%)

32 (30%)

Sets

52 (43%)

41 (38%)

Reps

50 (42%)

37 (35%)

Duration

79 (65%)

57 (53%)

Intensity

48 (40%)

29 (27%)

Item 14a: Tailored/Generic

106 (88%)

87 (81%)

Item 14b: Description of Tailoring

9 (23%)

5 (16%)

Item 15: Starting Level of Intervention

50 (42%)

35 (33%)

Item 16a: Intervention Delivered as Planned

40 (33%)

29 (27%)

Item 16b: Fidelity

25 (21%)

23 (21%)