Timing of rehabilitation on length of stay and cost in patients with hip or knee joint arthroplasty: A systematic review with meta-analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 6; p. e0178295
• Main Authors: Masaracchio, Michael, Hanney, William J, Liu, Xinliang, Kolber, Morey, Kirker, Kaitlin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 02.06.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Analysis; Arthroplasty (knee); Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip - adverse effects; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip - economics; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip - rehabilitation; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - adverse effects; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - economics; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - rehabilitation; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomedical materials; Clinical trials; Confidence intervals; Cost control; Criteria; Data bases; Data sources; Economic aspects; English language; Extraction; Health aspects; Health care costs; Hip; Hip joint; Hospital stays; Hospitals; Humans; Joint replacement; Joint surgery; Knee; Language; Length of Stay - economics; Libraries; Mathematical models; Medical research; Medicare; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Pain; Patients; Physical therapy; Physical Therapy Modalities - economics; Physiological aspects; Population; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Research and Analysis Methods; Rheumatoid arthritis; Scanning; Searching; Side effects; Studies; Surgery; Surgical implants; Therapy; Total hip arthroplasty; Treatment Outcome; Variance; Florida; New York; United States > US

To investigate the role of early initiation of rehabilitation on length of stay (LOS) and cost following total hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Electronic databases PubMed, CINAHL, Pedro, Embase, AMED, and the Cochrane Library were searched in July 20...