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Observational studyMedicine2019

Can early rehabilitation after osteoarthritis reduce knee and hip arthroplasty risk?: A national representative cohort study.

Wei-Heng Chen, Wen-Ching Tsai, Hsing-Ting Wang, Chun-Hsiang Wang, Yuan-Tsung Tseng

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Observational study in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. The Efficacy of Closed Versus Open Kinetic Chain Exercise in Knee Osteoarthritis-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Wei-Heng ChenDepartments of Rehabilitation, Tainan Municipal Hospital (Managed by Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation), Tainan City.
Wen-Ching TsaiDepartments of Rehabilitation, Chang Bing Show-Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua County.
Hsing-Ting WangDepartments of Pharmacy.
Chun-Hsiang WangDepartment of Hepatogastroenterology.
Yuan-Tsung TsengDepartment of Medical Research, Tainan Municipal Hospital (Managed By Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation), Tainan City, Taiwan ROC.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This retrospective cohort study evaluated the effects of different frequencies of physical therapy intervention on the total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) risk of osteoarthritis (OA) patients.We sampled 438,833 insurants from Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database for patients diagnosed as having OA during 2000 to 2013. OA who received physical therapy within in the first year of OA diagnosis were divided based on the number of sessions they received in that first year: >24, 13-23, and <12 sessions.The results revealed that the TKA and THA incidence rates among patients aged 60 to 80 years were respectively 3.5% and 0.9% in the >24 cohort and 4.9% and 1.4% (all P < .001) in the comparison cohort. Moreover, the HRs of TKA and THA in the >24 cohort were 0.77 (0.67-0.87, P < .001) and 0.71 (0.53-0.96, P = .024), respectively. By contrast, no significant differences were noted between the 13-23 and <12 cohorts and their respective comparison cohorts.In conclusion, our study results indicated that elderly patients aged 60 to 80 years who underwent >24 physical therapy sessions within 1 year of receiving an OA diagnosis exhibited reduced of TKA and THA risks.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsArthroplasty, Replacement, HipArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeComorbidityFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedOsteoarthritis, HipOsteoarthritis, KneePhysical Therapy Modalities

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PMCPMC6571258

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