Physical Therapist Management of Total Knee Arthroplasty

2020/06/04 by Diane U. Jette, Diane U Jette, Stephen J. Hunter +18 · 226 citations
Medicine · #Arthroplasty #Clinical Practice #Clinical practice guidelines implementation #Guideline #Medicine #Orthopedic surgery #Physical therapist #Physical therapy #Shoulder Injury and Treatment #Surgery #Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes #Total knee arthroplasty

paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/ptj/pzaa099

published in Physical Therapy 100(9), 1603-1631 (Oxford University Press)

openalex publication_date 2020/06/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

A clinical practice guideline on total knee arthroplasty was developed by an American Physical Therapy (APTA) volunteer guideline development group that consisted of physical therapists, an orthopedic surgeon, a nurse, and a consumer. The guideline was based on systematic reviews of current scientific and clinical information and accepted approaches to management of total knee arthroplasty.

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