Abstracts tagged "arthroplasty and exercise"

Abstract Number: 2342 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Understanding Patient Barriers and Facilitators to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity before and after Knee Replacement
Christine Pellegrini¹, Gwendolyn Ledford¹, Rowland W. Chang² and Kenzie Cameron³, ¹Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Knee replacement typically results in reduced pain and improved physical function, yet post-operative physical activity levels often remain unchanged. Many patients also gain weight…
Abstract Number: 2094 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Do Exercise Interventions For Total Hip Arthroplasty Have Therapeutic Validity? A Sensitivity Analysis Of Trials Included In a Cochrane Systematic Review
Marie D. Westby¹, Shirin Kazemi² and Dina L. Jones³, ¹School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Physical Therapy, Mary Pack Arthritis Program, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Orthopaedics and Physical Therapy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Background/Purpose: Therapeutic exercise is the most common element of rehabilitation after total hip arthroplasty (THA). To elicit a training effect, interventions must be performed at…