Immediate Physical Therapy following Total Joint Arthroplasty: Barriers and Impact on Short-Term Outcomes

Table 1

Demographic and perioperative variables for immediate and delayed PT groups.

	Immediate PT	Delayed PT	p value
	(n=1826)	(n=226)
Sex
Female	53.3%	59.7%	0.065
Male	46.7%	40.3%
Age	64.8±10.9	64.1±12.5	0.369
BMI	30.6±5.4	31.2±5.9	0.144
ASA
I-II	44.2%	37.6%	0.061
III-IV	55.8%	62.4%
Insurance Type
Commercial	37.7%	33.6%	0.330
Medicare	58.5%	61.5%
Medicaid	1.4%	2.7%
Other	2.4%	2.2%
Procedure
TKA	63.2%	65.9%	0.418
THA	36.8%	34.1%
Anesthesia Type
General	17.8%	25.2%	0.006
Regional	82.2%	74.8%
Median Procedure Start Time	9:36 8:24-11:16	13:26 11:31-14:38	<0.001
Median Operative Time (hours)	1.6 1.4-1.8	1.8 1.5-2.2	<0.001
Median Overall Caseload	5 4-8	6 4-9	0.002