International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-9096
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2329-9096
+44 1300 500008
Laura Tosi
Neurological and Orthopedic Rehabilitation Center, Agazzi Institute,
Arezzo
Italy
Research Article
Comparative study for Evaluation of Effectiveness of Rehabilitation in Rapid Recovery for Patients with Total Knee Arthroplasty
Author(s): Laura Tosi, Nicola Scapecchi, Alessandra Testa and Giustini AlessandroLaura Tosi, Nicola Scapecchi, Alessandra Testa and Giustini Alessandro
Aim: Our Rehabilitative Center joined a Surgical Center, active in the same part of Tuscany, in order to prime fast recovery model. The aim of the present study is to verify the trend of the fore mentioned ongoing project compared with the earlier rehabilitative treatment regarding patients who have undergone the same kind of total knee arthroplasty.
Design: The study is retrospective and focuses on a plurality of factors.
Setting: Surgical and rehabilitative facilities' location, patients with knee prosthesis were considered.
Population: Patients with knee prosthesis (right and left) operated in elective surgery in surgical and rehabilitative facilities' location who underwent 'Standard' or "Rapid Recovery" rehabilitation for seven days, also patients that decided to sta.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-9554.1000441