Author Interviews, Hip Fractures, Orthopedics, Surgical Research / 27.10.2016
Physical Activity Doesn’t Increase After Hip Replacement
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Tom Withers
Research Student, School of Health Sciences
University East Anglia
Norwich, UK
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: There is a lot of subjective evidence to suggest that physical activity does not improve following hip replacement we wanted to therefore synthesise the current evidence to come to a more objective conclusion.
The main finding from this study is that physical activity does not significantly change pre-operatively compared to up to one year post-operatively.
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