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由AJobory著作·2019·被引用4次—Rehabilitationprecautionsarenotneededforpreventingdislocationwhendirectlateralapproachisused.Withoutprecautions,rehabilitationpersonnel ...

Aims: We aimed to compare two treatment regimes, one with and one without postoperative precautions in hemiarthroplasty patients, in terms of dislocation rate and patient-reported outcome. Direct lateral approach was used.

Patients and methods: 394 patients were included in a cluster-randomized study 2010-2014. Depending on which ward they were admitted to, they were allotted to free rehabilitation (non-precaution group, NPG, n = 226) or our conventional regime with precautions and mandatory assistive equipment (precaution group, PG, n = 168). Patients were followed during hospital stay, at 6 weeks (postal questionnaire), 3 month (visit) and 6 months (reading of medical records) by means of function tests, health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) and other patient-reported outcome measures (PROM).

Results: One patient in each group had dislocation(s). We found no statistically signifi...