Table 2. Return-to-driving recommendations after THA, TKA, or UKA.

First author	Year	Procedure	Evaluation method	Recommendations/findings
				Left side	Right side
MacDonald 19	1988	THA	BRT	8 weeks	≥8 weeks
Spalding 32	1994	TKA	BRT	No delay	8 weeks
Pierson 24	2003	TKA	BRT	≥3 weeks	≥3 weeks
Ganz 13	2003	THA	BRT	1 weeks	4–6 weeks
Berger 34	2004	THA	Survey	6 days	6 days
Marques 21	2008	TKA	BRT	–	30 days
Marques 20	2008	TKA	BRT	10 days
Liebensteiner 36	2010	TKA	BRT	2 weeks	2 weeks
Abbas 33	2011	THA	Survey	84% at 6 weeks a	79% at 6 weeks a
Dalury 9	2011	TKA	BRT	–	4 weeks
Muh 60	2012	TKA	Survey	1–3 months
Jordan 17	2014	THA	TBT	8 days	6 weeks
Liebensteiner 18	2014	UKA	BRT	No delay	6 weeks
Hernandez 35	2015	THA	BRT	–	2 weeks
Dalury 31	2018	TKA	BRT	–	2 weeks

Abbreviations: BRT, brake reaction time; THA, total hip arthroplasty; TKA, total knee arthroplasty; UKA, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

^aRefers to the percentage of patients who reported driving at 6 weeks after surgery.