Disability and rehabilitation
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This study evaluates the benefits of targeted early rehabilitation at home after total hip or knee replacement surgery and analyses the cost effectiveness of such a scheme. ⋯ Targeted early rehabilitation resulted in reducing the length of hospital stay without an increase in complication rates. The use of such a scheme brought significant savings to the trust without an increase in readmission rates.
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Do the clinical findings explain the complaints of longstanding demonstrated widespread pain (DWP) in a group of immigrant patients, or not? ⋯ Demonstrated widespread pain was nearly always explained by clinical findings, and especially by numerous tender-structure locations in women. There is a need for more studies among men.