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Beswick, Andrew D., Blom, Ashley W., Artz, Neil 
ORCID: 0000-0003-1628-2439 and Dixon, Samantha
(2017)
Comparison of group-based outpatient physiotherapy with usual care after total knee replacement: A feasibility study for a randomized controlled trial.
Clinical Rehabilitation, 31 (4).
pp. 487-499.
doi:10.1177/0269215516642503
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial comparing group-based outpatient physiotherapy with usual care in patients following total knee replacement. Design: A feasibility study for a randomized controlled trial. Setting: One secondary-care hospital orthopaedic centre, Bristol, UK. Participants: A total of 46 participants undergoing primary total knee replacement. Interventions: The intervention group were offered six group-based exercise sessions after surgery. The usual care group received standard postoperative care. Participants were not blinded to group allocation. Outcome measures: Feasibility was assessed by recruitment, reasons for non-participation, attendance, and completion rates of study questionnaires that included the Lower Extremity Functional Scale and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score. Results: Recruitment rate was 37%. Five patients withdrew or were no longer eligible to participate. Intervention attendance was high (73%) and 84% of group participants reported they were ‘very satisfied’ with the exercises. Return of study questionnaires at six months was lower in the usual care (75%) than in the intervention group (100%). Mean (standard deviation) Lower Extremity Functional Scale scores at six months were 45.0 (20.8) in the usual care and 57.8 (15.2) in the intervention groups. Conclusion: Recruitment and retention of participants in this feasibility study was good. Group-based physiotherapy was acceptable to participants. Questionnaire return rates were lower in the usual care group, but might be enhanced by telephone follow-up. The Lower Extremity Functional Scale had high responsiveness and completion rates. Using this outcome measure, 256 participants would be required in a full-scale randomized controlled trial.
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| Article Type: | Article |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Group-Based Exercise; Total Knee Replacement; Feasibility; Randomised Controlled Trial |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RD Surgery R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology > RM695 Physical medicine. physical therapy including massage, exercise, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, phototherapy, radiotherapy, thermotherapy, electrotherapy |
| Divisions: | Schools and Research Institutes > School of Health and Social Care |
| Research Priority Areas: | Society and Learning |
| Depositing User: | Kate Greenaway |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2020 11:19 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2022 16:16 |
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/8333 |
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