Early Rehabilitation May Help Speed Recovery From Knee-Replacement Surgery.
Robert Preidt writing in HealthDay reported, “The sooner rehabilitation begins after knee replacement, the better for both patients and hospitals,” according to a study in the Journal Clinical Rehabilitation. The researchers “compared more than 150 patients who began rehabilitation within 24 hours after knee replacement surgery and a matched control group of patients who began rehabilitation 48 to 72 hours after surgery.” They found that on average, patients “who started rehabilitation earlier spent two days less in the hospital and had five fewer rehabilitation sessions before they were discharged than those in the control group.”
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