Therapeutic validity and effectiveness of preoperative exercise on functional recovery after joint replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Our aim was to develop a rating scale to assess the therapeutic validity of therapeutic exercise programmes. By use of this rating scale we investigated the therapeutic validity of therapeutic exercise in patients awaiting primary total joint replacement (TJR). Finally...

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Main Authors: Thomas J Hoogeboom, Ellen Oosting, Johanna E Vriezekolk, Cindy Veenhof, Petra C Siemonsma, Rob A de Bie, Cornelia H M van den Ende, Nico L U van Meeteren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22675429/?tool=EBI