International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Krischak G

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• Research Article
  Postoperative Rehabilitation of Patients with Shoulder Arthroplasty ? A Review on the Standard of Care
  Author(s): Kraus M, Krischak G and Tepohl L Kraus M, Krischak G and Tepohl L
  
  Shoulder replacement is the third most common joint replacement worldwide following hip and knee replacements. Compared with hip and knee the rehabilitation for shoulder prosthesis is discussed controversially and depends strongly on the precepts of the surgeon. The objective of this paper is to determine the current standard of care of rehabilitation following shoulder arthroplasty based on a systematic review. The PubMed database was searched with the terms‚ [rehabilitation] and [shoulder prosthesis]’, ‘[rehabilitation] and [glenohumeral joint replacement]’, ‘[shoulder prosthesis] and [physiotherapy]’ and ‘[total shoulder replacement] and [rehabilitation]’. In total 1,026 papers were found in the primary search, crosschecking all relevant results another 1,332 papers were detected. All papers were scanned manually for .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9096.S5-001

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