Efficiency of immediate postoperative inpatient physical therapy (PT) following total knee arthroplasty: a randomised controlled trial (RCT)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN49658674

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-07

Start date

2004-01-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-11-21

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Conditions

Total knee arthroplasty in OA patients Surgery Knee arthroplasty

Interventions

Intensive PT versus regular PT

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who received a primary TKA at the University Hospital Maastricht between January 15 and June 1st, 2004. Subjects were considered eligible for the study if they were scheduled in the ?Joint Care? program and signed an informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients undergoing knee revision surgery were excluded. Also patients over 85 years of age, patients with co-morbidity influencing gait and patient who did not understand or speak Dutch were excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary outcome measures in this study were mobility and function	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcome measures were length of stay (LOS) following surgery, pain over the last 24 hours, satisfaction with treatment, satisfaction with the intermediate treatment results, number of PT sessions and Global perceived effect.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026