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Abstract

Hip arthroplasty: therapeutic exercise and active
post-operative management strategies

published in September - October 2020 - in Il Fisioterapista - issue n.5
Annalisa Corradini, Stefano Sorrentino

Hip replacement surgery is considered the preferred option to significantly improve function and pain in patients with advanced osteoarthritis and those with femoral head necrosis. Despite the fact that patients claim to feel better than they did before the operation, after 1-2 years many are dissatisfied with the outcome. Most of them report dysfunction in walking, reduced strength of the limb, and reduced overall ability to perform activities. Probably this is also due to the patients' expectation that the operation will significantly increase their abilities. This expectation is, however, in contrast with the reality of the facts: patients often do not follow post-surgical rehabilitation for a sufficient period of time and tend to underestimate the duration of the course of treatment, which is based also on therapeutic exercise.