Clinical Considerations for Return to Driving a Car following a Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review

Table 6

Factors influencing return to driving time following a total hip arthroplasty.

Study	Measure	Gender	Age	Readiness	AD	Function	Laterality	Other
Abbas et al. [11]	1. Self-reported	Yes	—	Yes	—	—	No	Manual—no
Batra et al. [12]	1. Self-reported	—	—	Yes	No	Yes	No	Manual—no
Carlile et al. [13]	1. Driving response time	No	—	—	—	—	Yes	—
Ganz et al. [17]	1. Brake response time	No	—	—	—	—	No	Driving patterns—no^
Hernandez et al. [18]	1. Brake response time	No	No	—	No	—	—	—
	2. Self-reported confidence	No	No	Yes	—	—	—	—
Jordan et al. [21]	1. Reaction time	No	No	—	—	—	Yes	Mile per year, transmission, and pain medication—no
	2. Movement time	No	No	—	—	—	Yes
	3. Brake response time	No	No	—	—	—	Yes
	4. Maximum brake force	No	No	—	—	—	Yes
Muh et al. [27]	1. Self-reported accidents	No	No	—	—	—	—	—
Rondon et al. [9]	1. Self-reported	Yes	No	Yes	Yes^	Yes	Yes	ROM—yes; pain—no
Ruel et al. [30]	1. Brake response time	—	Yes	—	—	—	—	—

AD: assistive device; ROM: range of motion; —, not reported; self-reported readiness to drive, ^preoperative status.