Hydrotherapy for rehabilitation after total knee replacement

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Hydrotherapy for rehabilitation after total knee
replacement

• Claire Jones
• Information Skills Trainer
• Princess Royal University Hospital

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Library service provided

• Hydrotherapy for rehabilitation after total knee
  replacement vs land based physiotherapy
• Mediated searches with Superintendent
  Physiotherapist no evidence found
• Articles supplied by the Library Service
• RCT funded by a grant from the Chartered Society
  of Physiotherapy

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Results

• Hydrotherapy does not result in a better outcome
  than land-based physiotherapy
• Has led to a change in practice
• Group therapy with a combination of hydro
  land-based therapy
• Library is using this to build a portfolio of the
  impact of our services on patient care

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How this fits in with NHS priorities

• Improved healthcare through research
• Cost effectiveness