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. 2022 Jul 13;23:666. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05429-z

Table 4.

Association of recovery and duration of postoperative physical therapy in total knee arthroplasty patients 6 months after surgery

Model 1
Multivariable
OR [ 95% CI]
Model 1
+ Musculoskeletal comorbidities
OR [ 95% CI]
Model 1
+ Non-musculoskeletal comorbidities
OR [ 95% CI]
Model 1
+ Sensory Impairments
OR [ 95% CI]
Model 1
+ frequency comorbidities
OR [ 95% CI]
KOOS ADL 0.97 [0.97 – 0.98] 0.99 [0.98 – 1.00] 0.98 [0.96 – 1.00] 0.97 [0.96 – 0.98] 0.97 [0.96 – 0.99]
Comorbidity NA 5.78 [1.21 – 27.67] 1.64 [0.24 – 11.04] 1.41 [0.12 – 17.14] 0.94 [0.64 – 1.41]
ADL x comorbidity NA 0.98 [0.96 – 1.00] 0.99 [0.97 – 1.01] 0.99 [0.96 – 1.03] 1.00 [1.00 – 1.01]
KOOS Pain 0.97 [0.96 – 0.98] 0.99 [0.97 – 1.00] 0.98 [0.97 – 1.00] 0.97 [0.96 – 0.98] 0.98 [0.96 – 0.99]
Comorbidity NA 6.17 [1.23 – 30.92] 3.95 [0.66 – 23.60] 0.83 [0.06 – 2.32] 1.13 [0.72 – 1.76]
Pain x comorbidity NA 0.98 [0.96 – 1.00] 0.98 [0.96 – 1.00] 1.00 [0.97 – 1.03] 1.00 [0.99 – 1.00]
KOOS Symptoms 0.97 [0.96 – 0.98] 0.98 [0.97 – 1.00] 0.97 [0.95 – 0.99] 0.97 [0.96 – 0.98] 0.97 [0.96 – 0.99]
Comorbidity NA 3.55 [0.76 – 16.60] 0.93 [0.18 – 4.91] 5.56 [0.24 – 131.75] 1.04 [0.70 – 1.55]
Symptoms x comorbidity NA 0.99 [0.97 – 1.01] 1.00 [0.98 – 1.02] 0.97 [0.93 – 1.02] 1.00 [0.99 – 1.00]
KOOS Sport and Recreation 0.98 [0.98 – 0.99] 0.99 [0.98 – 0.99] 0.98 [0.97 – 0.99] 0.98 [0.98 – 0.99] 0.98 [0.97 – 0.99]
Comorbidity NA 0.98 [0.53 – 1.82] 0.92 [0.47 – 1.78] 1.24 [0.45 – 3.42] 0.93 [0.79 – 1.08]
Sport and Recreation x comorbidity NA 1.00 [0.99 – 1.01] 1.00 [0.99 – 1.01] 0.98 [0.96 – 1.01] 1.00 [1.00 – 1.00]
KOOS Quality of life 0.98 [0.97 – 0.98] 0.99 [0.98 – 1.00] 0.98 [0.97 – 0.99] 0.98 [0.97 – 0.99] 0.98 [0.97 – 0.99]
Comorbidity NA 2.27 [0.82 – 6.29] 0.90 [0.29 – 2.80] 1.05 [0.23 – 4.76] 1.00 [0.78 – 1.30]
Quality of life x comorbidity NA 0.99 [0.97 – 1.00] 1.00 [0.98 – 1.02] 1.00 [0.97 – 1.02] 1.00 [1.00 – 1.00]

ADL = Activities of daily living; KOOS = Knee disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score; TKA = total knee arthroplasty

Model 1: long duration of PT = bo + b1x (KOOS score) adjusted for BMI, age, sex, living status, Short Form-12 Mental Component Summary scale and KOOS score baseline

In the other models comorbidities (musculoskeletal, non-musculoskeletal or sensory impairment and the frequency of comorbidities) and their interaction with recovery were also taken into account