ArticleArchives of physiotherapy2016
At discharge gait speed and independence of patients provides a challenges for rehabilitation after total joint arthroplasty: an observational study.
Article in Archives of physiotherapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prognostic factors for inpatient functional recovery following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.Acta orthopaedica · 2020Pooled it
- The effect of prehabilitation for older patients awaiting total hip replacement. A randomized controlled trial with long-term follow up.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- Preoperative two-step test predicts independent ambulation one week after total hip arthroplasty.International orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Improved early recovery and shorter hospital stay with fast track protocol versus standard care in total hip arthroplasty: 5-year results from a prospective randomised controlled study.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Is the continuity of the therapist-patient relationship relevant for the discharge outcome in orthopaedic physical rehabilitation?Musculoskeletal surgery · 2025Observational
- Postoperative Effects of Somatosensory Foot Training on Balance and Walking Ability in Proximal Femoral Fractures: A Single-case Design Analysis.Physical therapy research · 2025Article
- Can Older Adult Patients with Hip Fractures Have Their Discharge Destination Predicted by Physical Performance Measures?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Immediate Effects of Single-Session High-Velocity Training for Lateral Trunk Movement on Gait Function in Early Postoperative Patients after Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Article
- Article
- Post-operative Physical Performance Factors Associated With Gait Speed in Patients Surgically Treated for Hip Fracture: A Cross-Sectional Study.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe level of functioning in people discharged from hospital after hip arthroplasty is very heterogeneous and prognostic factors are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to determine the mean level of autonomy achieved by such patients at discharge from hospital using the Iowa Level of Assistence (ILOA) scale as a measurement tool and to investigate the possible predictive factors of this autonomy.
methodsIt was conducted a prospective cohort study including hip arthroplasty patients treated consecutively in 2012. Hip arthroplasty patients following fractures, revision surgery and partial replacement were excluded, as well as patients with concomitant neurologic or rheumatologic diseases or postoperative complications that did not allow to continue the rehabilitation program, and patients with a hospitalization of more than 7 days. During the last 24 h of hospital stay the physiotherapist filled in the ILOA scale and collected all data (age, gender, number of physiotherapy treatments, length of hospitalization). Statistical analysis (univariate and multivariate analysis) was performed between the variables collected and the ILOA Score.
resultsThe sample was composed of 167 patients. The mean score of the ILOA was 16.6 (±6.5) and gait speed had the poorest outcome 0.19 m/s - 0.43 m/s. Multivariate analysis showed that older women are most at risk of not achieving good levels of autonomy.
conclusionsIn hip arthroplasty patients at discharge from hospital gait speed is severely impaired. The challenge for rehabilitation should be to recover walking ability and efficiency starting from the early post-operative period. Gender- and age-tailored rehabilitation programs should be considered by placing particular attention on elderly women.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.