ReviewJoints2018
Driving after Upper or Lower Extremity Orthopaedic Surgery.
Review in Joints, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Braking Distance and Reaction Time Unchanged Across Hand-Use Conditions in Healthy Volunteers.Cureus · 2025Article
- [Ability to drive after surgery and trauma to the lower limb : When can I drive again?]Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Return to driving post upper or lower extremity orthopaedic surgical procedures: a scoping review of current published literature.EFORT open reviews · 2023Article
- On the Road Again: Return to Driving Following Minor Hand Surgery.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Return to Driving After Hip Arthroscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Review
- Patients value their own pain over braking safety when deciding when to return to driving: a discrete choice experiment on lower extremity injuries.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2022Article
- Patients Generally May Return to Driving 4 Weeks After Hip Arthroscopy and 6 Weeks After Knee Arthroscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2021Review
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Authors and funding
5 authors.
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Abstract
Orthopaedic procedures can affect patients' ability to perform activities of daily living, such as driving automobiles or other vehicles that require coordinated use of the upper and lower extremities. Many variables affect the time needed before a patient can drive competently after undergoing orthopaedic surgery to the extremities. These variables include whether the patient underwent upper or lower extremity surgery, the country in which the patient resides, whether the right or left lower extremity is involved, whether the dominant arm is involved, whether the extremity is in a cast or brace, whether the patient has adequate strength to control the steering wheel, and whether the patient is taking pain medication. The type and complexity of the procedure also influence the speed of return of driving ability. Few studies provide definitive data on driving ability after upper or lower extremity surgery. Patients should be counseled not to drive until they can control the steering wheel and the pedals competently and can drive well enough to prevent further harm to themselves or to others. This review discusses the limited recommendations in the literature regarding driving motorized vehicles after upper or lower extremity orthopaedic surgery.
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