The therapeutic validity and effectiveness of physiotherapeutic exercise following total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: A systematic review.
Annet WijnenSjoukje E BoumaGesine H SeeberLucas H V van der WoudeSjoerd K BulstraDjordje LazovicMartin StevensInge van den Akker-ScheekPublished in: PloS one (2018)
The insufficient therapeutic validity and potentially high risk of bias in studies involving physiotherapeutic exercise interventions limit the ability to assess the effectiveness of these interventions following THA. Researchers are advised to take both quality scores into account when developing and reporting studies involving physiotherapeutic exercise. Uniformity in intervention characteristics and outcome measures is necessary to enhance the comparability of clinical outcomes between trials.