Table 43: GRADE Profile Should patients be treated with a preoperative exercise program before total hip replacement surgery?
| Quality Assessment | Summary of Findings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Subjects | Effect | |||||||||
| Comparison (study) | Design | Quality | Consistency | Directness | Other modifying factors | Preop exercise (treatment) | No Preop exercise (control) | Relative (95%CI) | Quality | Outcome |
| Physical Functioning (measured by WOMAC) | ||||||||||
| (Gilbey et al. (31)) | RCT | Serious limitations* | 1 study | None | None | 37 | 31 | N/A | ⊕⊕⊕⃝ | Critical |
| Quality GRADE | High | Moderate (-1) | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | ||||
*
No intention-to-treat analysis