Table 2 Physical recovery and postoperative physical therapy after total hip or knee arthroplasty surgery
From: Recovery and the use of postoperative physical therapy after total hip or knee replacement
| Â | THA | TKA | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | postoperative PT  < 12 weeks n  = 503 | postoperative PT  ≥ 12 weeks n  = 676 |  | postoperative PT  < 12 weeks n  = 377 | postoperative PT  ≥ 12 weeks n  = 925 |  | ||||
HOOS/ KOOS domain score | 6Â months mean (SD) | Change score 6Â months (95% CI) | 6Â months mean (SD) | Change score 6Â months (95% CI of mean difference) | Mean difference in change score between groups (95% CI of mean difference) | 6Â months Mean (SD) | Change score 6Â months (95% CI) | 6Â months Mean (SD) | Change score 6Â months (95% CI of mean difference) | Mean difference in change score between groups (95% CI of mean difference) |
Symptoms | 82.7 (16.9) | 40.8 (42.9 – 38.8) | 73.9 (21.2) | 34.5 (36.3 – 32.6) | 8.8 (6.6 – 11.0) | 77.5 (15.0) | 25.9 (28.1 – 23.6) | 69.1 (17.6) | 19.7 (21.2 – 18.1) | 9.5 (7.4 – 11.6) |
Pain | 90.6 (12.8) | 50.4 (52.2 – 48.5) | 83.5 (19.3) | 45.9 (47.7 – 44.1) | 7.1 (5.3 – 9.0) | 86.6 (16.2) | 46.0 (48.3 – 43.7) | 77.1 (20.2) | 38.2 (39.8 – 36.6) | 8.4 (6.5 – 10.3) |
Activities of daily living | 87.3 (14.2) | 44.5 (46.3 – 42.6) | 79.3 (19.4) | 39.7 (41.5 – 43.7) | 8.0 (6.0 – 9.9) | 84.4 (16.8) | 37.1 (39.3 – 34.9) | 77.4 (19.1) | 31.9 (33.4 – 30.5) | 7.0 (4.9 – 9.1) |
Sport | 69.0 (25.1) | 48.4 (51.0 – 45.8) | 59.0 (28.2) | 40.5 (42.7 – 38.2) | 10.0 (6.9 – 13.1) | 47.7 (28.3) | 36.5 (39.5 – 33.5) | 35.4 (26.3) | 25.2 (27.0 – 23.5) | 12.3 (8.9 – 15.8) |
Quality of life | 79.9 (19.5) | 48.8 (51.0 –46.6) | 68.9 (22.5) | 40.7 (42.7 – 38.8) | 11.0 (8.5 – 13.4) | 68.3 (20.9) | 40.3 (42.7 – 37.9) | 58.9 (21.2) | 32.9 (34.4 – 31.3) | 9.4 (6.9 – 12.0) |