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. 2022 Sep 7;2022(9):CD001704. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001704.pub5
Study ID (source if not primary reference) Length of stay, intervention/control, mean (SD), n Number of physiotherapy sessions, intervention/control, mean (SD), n Number of outpatient attendances, intervention/control, mean (SD), n Need for special care, intervention/control, mean (SD), n Community service use, intervention/control, n (%) Other, intervention/control, mean (SD), n
Binder 2004 Physical therapy group: 2.3 (0.2), n = 44    
Bischoff‐Ferrari 2010 No. of physiotherapy sessions during acute care
Standard group: 7.6 (95% CI 6.3 to 8.9), n = 86
Extended physiotherapy (PT): 7.2 (95% CI 6.4 to 8.0), n = 87
Total minutes of physiotherapy as an inpatient
Standard: 176 (95% CI 144 to 208), n = 86
Extended PT: 292 (95% CI 259 to 326), n = 87
Total duration of physiotherapy post‐hospital = unclear
   
Karumo 1977 Routine physical therapy group: 35.0 (21.6), n = 49
Intensive physical therapy group: 32.2 (21.7), n = 38
   
Kimmel 2016 Median (IQR)
Control: 35.0 (19.0 to 49.8), n = 46 Intervention: 24.4 (16.4 to 31.6), n = 46
   
Kronborg 2017 Physiotherapy with strength training: 6.0 (1.9), n = 43
Physiotherapy: 5.6 (1.7), n = 44
Total training time per day (min)
Physiotherapy with strength training: 20.6 (5.8), n = 43
Physiotherapy: 23.5 (4.3), n = 44
   
Langford 2015   Total telephone intervention time over 5 calls: 151 minutes (range 42 to 286 minutes), n = 11
Lauridsen 2002 Median (range)
Intervention: 32 (5 to 126), n = 44
Control: 34 (8 to 145), n = 44
Median (range) of training period (days)
Intervention: 14 (1 to 42), n = 44
Control: 17 (3 to 58), n = 44
Median (range) total hours spent in training Intervention: Intervention: 6.4 (1.3 to 21.3), n = 44
Control: 4.0 (0.3 to 12.5), n = 44
   
Mangione 2010 Total no. of sessions planned for all participants
Leg strengthening group: 240 (total for 14 participants)
Control: 180 (total for 12 participants)
Total no. of sessions completed for all participants
Leg strengthening group: 237 (total for 14 participants), i.e. mean 17 sessions each
Control: 178 (total for 12 participants), i.e. mean 15 sessions each
   
Miller 2006 Median (95% CI)
Exercise group: 23.0 (16.0 to 32.0), n = 25
Nutrition and exercise: 27.5 (13.0 to 31.0), n = 24
Control: 24.0 (17.0 to 30.0), n = 26
     
Mitchell 2001 Median (IQR)
Quadriceps training: 39 (27 to 50), n = 20
Control: 40 (28 to 57), n = 24
   
Moseley 2009 Days from fracture to rehabilitation admission (days) Median (IQR)
High dose weight‐bearing exercise group: 14 (9 to 21), n = 80
Low dose limited weight‐bearing exercise group: 12 (9 to 19), n = 80
Median (IQR)
Exercise time with a physiotherapist or assistant (mins)
High dose weight‐bearing exercise group: 543 (463), n = 80
Low dose limited weight‐bearing exercise group: 363 (318), n = 80
Median (IQR) no. of sessions during community phase:
High dose weight‐bearing exercise group: 8 (4), n = 73
Low dose limited weight‐bearing exercise group: 4 (1), n = 77
User of community services (n (%)
High dose weight‐bearing exercise group: 25 (56%)
Low dose limited weight‐bearing exercise group: 39 (74%)
 
Ohoka 2015 Weight bearing group: 92, n = 9
Non‐weight bearing group: 98, n = 9a
   
Oldmeadow 2006 Early ambulation group: 16.6 (range 4 to 136), n = 29
Delayed ambulation: 11.4 (range: 5 to 24), n = 31
   
Orwig 2011 No. of visits to exercise: 36.2, n = 91a
Planned no. of trainers' visits: 56
Actual no. of trainers' visits: 42a
   
Pol 2019   Number of sessions delivered, median (IQR):
Other therapy (OT) + sensor: 4 (2 to 4)
OT: 2 (0 to 4)
Duration of sessions at home (min) (median (IQR):
OT + sensor: 45 (38.5 to 60)
OT: 41 (0 to 60)
       
Sherrington 2003 Length of stay in the inpatient rehabilitation ward
Non‐weight bearing exercise group: 25.2 (12.1), n = 37
Weight bearing exercise group 24.1 (12.4), n = 40
Overall length of stay
Non‐weight bearing exercise group: 38.5 (16.3), n = 37
Weight bearing exercise group: 36.2 (13.6), n = 40
   
Van Ooijen 2016 Planned no. of sessions: 30
Median (minimum to maximum) no. of sessions on the treadmill:
Adaptability treadmill: 11 (8 to 15), n = 24
Conventional treadmill: 12 (7 to 14), n = 23
Median (minimum to maximum) no. of physical therapy sessions
Adaptability treadmill: 13 (7 to 18), n = 24
Conventional treadmill 12 (7 to 15), n = 23
Usual physical therapy: 27 (16 to 31), n = 23
   
Williams 2016 Inpatient orthopaedic trauma ward
Intervention group: 15.2, n = 25
Control: 10.5, n = 24a
Rehabilitation ward
Intervention group: 12.1, n = 25
Control: 18.8, n = 24a