Pre-operative functional mobility as an independent determinant of inpatient functional recovery after total knee arthroplasty during three periods that coincided with changes in clinical pathways

What is it about?

We investigated whether preoperative functional mobility is a determinant of delayed inpatient recovery of activities after total knee replacement (TKR). New to our approach is that we investigated if the association depends on postoperative circumstances and provided perioperative care in three time periods that coincided with clinical pathway changes. We have shown that functional mobility, assessed preoperatively with the timed up and go test and with the De Morton Mobility index , is a strong and independent determinant of delayed recovery of activities. This finding did not depend on the time period in which the TKR took place.

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