Abstracts tagged "physical therapy and surgery"

Abstract Number: 1414 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Comparison of Surgical and Conservative Therapy of Lumbar Disc Herniation with Radicular Signs and Symptoms in a Quality Management Program
Marinella Gugliotta¹, Bruno R. da Costa², Essam Dabis³, Robert Theiler⁴, Stephan Reichenbach², Peter Jüni², Hans Landolt¹ and Paul Hasler³, ¹Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland, ²Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ³Rheumatology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland, ⁴Rheumatology, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Current evidence for outcomes of surgical versus conservative treatment of lumbar disc herniation with nerve root compression is ambiguous. To compare the effectiveness of…
Abstract Number: 2108 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Pre- and Postoperative Physical Therapy In Total Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery: A Multi Center Study
Wilfred FH Peter^1,2, Claire Tilbury³, Rutger Tordoir⁴, Suzan Verdegaal⁵, Ron Onstenk⁶, Menno Benard⁷, Stephan Vehmeijer⁸, Enrike van der Linden-van der Zwaag¹, Eric Vermeulen¹, Rob Nelissen¹ and Thea VlietVlieland⁹, ¹Department of Orthopaedics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Reade, center for rehabilitation and rheumatology, Amsterdam, Nicaragua, ³Departement of Orthopedics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Departement of orthopedics, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, Netherlands, ⁵Departement of Orthopedics, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Orthopedics, Het Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, Netherlands, ⁷Departement of Orthopedics, Reinier de Graaf Hospital, Delft, Netherlands, ⁸Department of Orthopedics, Reinier de Graaf Hospital, Delft, Netherlands, ⁹Department of Orthopaedics, Leids University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Physical therapy shown to be effective after Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Less evidence is available for preoperative physical therapy in Total Hip and…