A randomized replication trial of physical rehabilitation versus no physical rehabilitation (DRAW2)
T. Mark-Christensen, K. Thorborg, T. Kallemose, T. Bandholm · 2026
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T. Mark-Christensen and three co-authors report a 2026 randomized trial that repeats an earlier study of exercise rehabilitation after hip or knee replacement surgery. The trial, called DRAW2, enrolled 169 patients who had received a total hip or knee replacement for osteoarthritis. Participants were assigned to home-based telerehabilitation, home-based rehabilitation, or no physical rehabilitation for six weeks, and assessors measuring the outcomes did not know which group each patient was in.
Function was scored on standard hip and knee outcome scales covering daily activities. Average differences between the rehabilitation groups and the no-rehabilitation group were close to zero at six weeks and again later, with confidence intervals spanning no effect. The result matches the earlier DRAW1 trial and suggests that routine structured rehabilitation adds little beyond natural recovery for these patients.
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| CREATOR | T. Mark-Christensen, K. Thorborg, T. Kallemose, T. Bandholm |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54900 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |