id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-308987-p3zh4irp Kirkness, Carmen S. Translating Research into Clinical Practice: Functional Recovery Post Total Hip Arthroplasty Using Outcomes Gathered in the Usual Physical Therapy Practice Setting 2011-04-23 .txt text/plain 4348 229 49 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine the pattern of functional change after total hip arthroplasty (THA) in patients attending physical therapy (PT) in a usual care setting and to explore the effect of sex and time from surgery to the first physical therapy visit as potential prognostic factors influencing postoperative THA recovery. The purpose of this study is to examine the pattern of change seen in patients attending physical therapy after THA in a usual outpatient physical therapy care setting and to explore the effect of sex and time from surgery to the first physical therapy visit as potential prognostic factors influencing postoperative THA recovery. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] Extracted demographic data for this study included age, sex, date of surgery, the number and dates of all visits during the physical therapy episode of care, and the clinical outcome scores (NPRS and LEFS) recorded for each visit. ./cache/cord-308987-p3zh4irp.txt ./txt/cord-308987-p3zh4irp.txt