Research Article
Immediate Physical Therapy following Total Joint Arthroplasty: Barriers and Impact on Short-Term Outcomes
Table 3
Demographic and perioperative variables for matched immediate and delayed PT groups.
| | Immediate PT | Delayed PT | p value | (n=669) | (n=223) |
| Sex | Female | 59.2% | 59.6% | 0.906 | Male | 40.8% | 40.4% | Age | 64.3±11.5 | 64.1±12.5 | 0.787 | BMI | 31.2±5.5 | 31.1±5.9 | 0.773 | ASA | I-II | 40.2% | 37.7% | 0.502 | III-IV | 59.8% | 62.3% | Insurance Type | Commercial | 34.1% | 33.6% | 0.895 | Medicare | 60.2% | 61.9% | Medicaid | 2.5% | 2.2% | Other | 3.1% | 2.2% | Procedure | TKA | 64.7% | 65.5% | 0.840 | THA | 35.3% | 34.5% | Anesthesia Type | General | 25.0% | 24.7% | 0.929 | Regional | 75.0% | 75.3% | Median Operative Time | 1.7 1.5-2.1 | 1.8 1.5-2.1 | 0.420 | Median Overall Caseload | 6 4-9 | 6 4-9 | 0.448 |
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