Article
Prehabilitation for frail patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement: protocol for the Joint PREP feasibility randomised controlled trial
2023-04-24
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold> Approximately 8% of community-based adults aged ≥50 years in England are frail. Frailty has been found to be associated with poorer outcomes after joint replacement. Targeting frailty pre-operatively via protein supplementation and exercise has the potential to improve outcomes for people undergoing joint replacement. Prior to proceeding with a randomised control...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7748cf9e-3f37-5231-a552-6df0149f15b9
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2498565/v1
