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Remote Physical Therapy Yields Similar Outcomes to In-Person Rehab After Same-Day Discharge TKA

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March 2025

Remote Physical Therapy Yields Similar Outcomes to In-Person Rehab After Same-Day Discharge TKA

Vol: 307| Issue: 3| Number:124| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

A Remote Physical Therapy Program Demonstrates Similar Outcomes Compared to In-Person, Supervised Physical Therapy After Same-Day Discharge Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

J Arthroplasty. 2024 Nov;39(11):2725-2730.e4.

Contributing Authors:
TL Bradbury MJ McConnell D Whitacre BH Naylor BT Gibson CA DeCook

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Synopsis

One hundred seventy-one patients undergoing same-day discharge total knee arthroplasty were randomized to receive either remote physical therapy delivered through an electronic remote perioperative management program (n=76) or traditional, in-person supervised outpatient physical therapy (n=95). The primary outcome of interest was knee range of motion. Secondary outcomes included patient-reported ...

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