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