Home-Based versus Hospital-Based Rehabilitation Program after Total Knee Replacement

Table 3

Differences between the RITH and control control group.

Tests		RITH		Hospital-based rehabilitation		Differences between; groups
		M	SD	M	SD	value
Pain (VAS: 0–10)	1st assessment	7.03	2.27	7.03	1.96	0.848
	2nd assessment	2.75	2.39	2.38	2.40	0.525
	Effect	−4.28	2.39	−4.74	2.34	0.416
Knee range of motion
Flexion	1st assessment	87.03	9.14	85.95	7.54	0.586
	2nd assessment	100.00	7.29	99.67	7.95	0.856
	Effect	12.97	8.31	13.72	8.77	0.715
Extension	1st assessment	−5.63	10.60	−10.90	4.42	0.022^*
	2nd assessment	−0.31	1.23	−0.72	2.87	0.429
	Effect	5.31	11.14	10.18	4.86	0.027^*
Muscle strength	1st assessment	3.03	0.69	2.59	0.54	0.004^*
	2nd assessment	4.59	0.49	4.51	0.50	0.502
	Effect	1.56	0.75	1.92	0.62	0.035^*
Barthel index [27]	1st assessment	55.94	8.74	54.49	6.46	0.439
	2nd assessment	97.19	4.00	99.10	4.11	0.052
	Effect	41.25	8.61	44.62	7.19	0.083
WOMAC [29]
Pain (0–25)	1st assessment	12.34	3.60	13.64	3.05	0.105
	2nd assessment	2.50	2.96	3.56	2.82	0.127
	Effect	−9.84	3.53	−10.08	2.80	0.757
Stiffness (0–10)	1st assessment	4.13	1.60	4.90	1.42	0.035^*
	2nd assessment	1.16	1.16	1.33	0.92	0.478
	Effect	−2.97	1.53	−3.56	1.37	0.890
Physical function (0–85)	1st assessment	51.88	6.37	55.46	6.08	0.018^*
	2nd assessment	13.19	7.50	15.36	8.85	0.278
	Effect	−38.69	7.96	−40.10	8.87	0.486
Tinetti test [31]
Gait (12)	1st assessment	5.37	1.92	6.11	2.43	0.179
	2nd assessment	11.77	0.77	11.82	0.45	0.745
	Effect	6.40	2.25	5.71	2.44	0.237
Balance (16)	1st assessment	9.17	2.47	9.79	1.93	0.248
	2nd assessment	15.60	1.19	15.97	0.16	0.099
	Effect	6.43	2.81	6.18	1.92	0.667
Global Tinetti	1st assessment	14.53	3.97	15.89	3.81	0.156
	2nd assessment	27.37	1.93	27.79	0.52	0.240
	Effect	12.83	4.70	11.89	3.85	0.369

Means that the results were statistically significant, with a confidence interval of 95% ().