SynthesisOrthopaedic surgery2025
Postoperative Harris Hip Score Versus Harris Hip Score Difference in Hip Replacement: What to Report?
Synthesis in Orthopaedic surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07186400 (Beyond Straight Lines), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Beyond Straight Lines: The Test-retest Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the Figure of Eight Walk Test and the 360° Turn Test in Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- A Comparative Study of Functional Outcome Following Total Hip Replacement by Posterolateral and Anterolateral Approach.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers of soft tissue injury and their association with postoperative outcomes in intertrochanteric femoral fractures: A retrospective study.International orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Generalized joint hypermobility and functional recovery after THA for unilateral Hartofilakidis type C developmental dysplasia of the hip: a retrospective cohort study.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2026Article
- Femoral Neck System Versus Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Pauwels Type III Unstable Femoral Neck Fractures in Patients Aged 60-70 Years: A Comparative Analysis of Clinical Efficacy and Hip Function.Orthopaedic surgery · 2026Article
- Clinical and Safety Outcomes after Direct Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty Compared with Conventional Approaches: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Review
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- Early versus delayed hip arthroplasty for femoral neck fractures in the elderly: a comparative study on multidimensional recovery.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The Influence of the Type of Metal-on-Metal Hip Endoprosthesis on the Clinical, Biochemical, and Oxidative Balance Status-A Comparison of Resurfacing and Metaphyseal Implants.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Comparative efficacy of different anti-shortening screws in preventing postoperative shortening in displaced femoral neck fractures: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundReliable scientific information is crucial for assessing hip function and evaluating the success of hip surgery. The Harris Hip Score (HHS) is the most widely used tool for measuring hip function and, in particular, the outcomes of hip surgery. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that reported the HHS for hip replacement treatment groups and to test whether there was a substantial difference between reporting only the postoperative HHS or the HHS difference (HHSdiff).
methodsPubMed, CNKI, and Epistemonikos were searched until March 1, 2024. The risk of bias, level of evidence, and publication bias were assessed. As HHS is a continuous outcome, mean difference (MD) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) was calculated using the Hartung-Knapp-Sidik-Jonkman method and a common-effect/random-effects model. The same approach was used for both postoperative HHS and HHSdiff. The effect of the two treatment groups studied (minimally invasive vs. conventional approach) on postoperative HHS was then compared with the effect of the two groups studied on the difference in HHS.
resultsA total of 41 RCTs, involving 3572 patients, with a low to high risk of bias and a low to moderate publication bias were included. The measured outcome parameters showed a low to moderate level of evidence. There was no relevant difference in the reporting of HHS only postoperatively or HHSdiff when comparing two hip replacement treatment groups in RCTs, measured at 0-0.5, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively.
conclusionThe present study showed that there is no relevant difference between reporting of the HHS only postoperatively or HHSdiff when comparing two hip replacement treatment groups in RCTs. Both methods of HHS reporting produced comparable results in an identical cohort of 3765 patients undergoing hip replacement surgery.
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