Physical Therapy Following Total Hip Arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria

• •Age \<18 or \> 75
• •Preoperative BMI ≥ 40
• •Revision (i.e., non-primary) THA procedures
• •Patients who have undergone THA in contralateral hip within the past 6 months
• •Patient is scheduled for or anticipating THA on contralateral limb within 6 months
• •Patients with an active infection (at the time of screening through surgery, as this is a surgical contraindication)
• •Current co-morbidities such as alcohol or drug addiction, and/or mental disorders could potentially interfere with study participation
• •Cognitive deficit or significant mental impairment that would, in the opinion of the investigator, impede patient self-reporting
• •History of severe osteoporosis, metabolic bone disease, radioactive bone disease, or tumor in the bone surrounding the hip joint
• •History of significant neurological and/or musculoskeletal disorders that may adversely affect gait after THA
• •History of inflammatory hip arthritis
• •History of septic hip arthritis in affected hip
• •Patients requiring discharge to a rehabilitation center, skilled nursing facility, long-term care center, or convalescent home
• •Non-English speaking
• •Unable to give informed consent
• •Currently enrolled in another therapeutic study for THA