Does Consulting an Occupational Medicine Specialist Decrease Time to Return to Work Among Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients? A 12-Month Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study.
Yvonne van ZaanenArthur J KievitRutger C I van GeenenT M J PahlplatzMarco J M HoozemansLeendert BlankevoortM U SchafrothDaniel HaverkampT M J S VervestD H P W DasV A ScholtesAllard J van der BeekPaul P F M KuijerPublished in: Journal of occupational rehabilitation (2022)
Consulting an OMS within 3 months after surgery did not result in a decrease in time to RTW in TKA patients. TKA patients with high expectations did RTW earlier without consulting an OMS. Intervention studies on how OMSs can positively influence a timely RTW, incorporating patients' preoperative expectations, are needed.