Table 19: GRADE Profile For the question: Should primary total knee replacement patients receive outpatient physiotherapy (clinic or home-based) in addition to practising home exercises after hospital discharge?
| Quality Assessment | Summary of Findings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparison (study) |
Design | Quality | Consistency | Directness | Other modifying factors |
No. of Subjects | Effect | Quality | Outcome | |
| PT + home exercise | Home exercise only | Relative (95%CI) | ||||||||
| Physical Functioning (measured as range of motion) | ||||||||||
| (Rajan et al. (24) and Worland et al. (26)) | RCT | Possible selection bias as concealment not reported but study not downgraded | Consistent results |
Major uncertainty* |
None | 109 | 97 | Not done due to clinical heterogeneity |
⊕⊕⃝⃝ | Critical |
| Quality GRADE |
High | High | High | Low (-2) | Low | |||||
*
Uncertainty raised around directness of ROM as an outcome measure. Therefore, GRADE level decreased 2 levels.