Timing of rehabilitation on length of stay and cost in patients with hip or knee joint arthroplasty: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of early initiation of rehabilitation on length of stay (LOS) and cost following total hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. DATA SOURCES:Electronic databases PubMed, CINAHL, Pedro, Embase, AMED, and the Cochrane Library w...

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Main Authors: Michael Masaracchio, William J Hanney, Xinliang Liu, Morey Kolber, Kaitlin Kirker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5456061?pdf=render