Preoperative Rehabilitation in Patients Planning for Joint Replacement Surgery for Better Outcomes.

The clinical influence of the preoperative and postoperative therapies for recovery after the joint replacement surgery is still questionable. A research study focuses on analyzing the clinical effects of preoperative rehabilitation among the patients who are planning to opt for joint replacement surgery for enhanced results. Functional scores, postoperative pain, recovery time, length of hospital stay, and quality of life were studied. The total numb Long-term outcomes were not affected by the preoperative rehabilitation. Though there was a slight improvement in early postoperative pain, this is not much of clinical significance. Existing evidence suggests that preoperative rehabilitation may slightly improve early postoperative pain and function among patients undergoing joint replacement; however, effects remain too small and short-term to be considered clinically important and did not affect key outcomes of interest (ie, length of stay, quality of life, costs).