Management of Patients with Total Hip Replacement

This article presents the preoperative, postoperative, and outpatient physical therapy management of the patient with a total hip replacement. The presentation is based on two years’ experience in working with these patients at University Hospital, Seattle, Washington. Three types of total hip protheses are represented: Ring, Charnley, and Charnley-Müller. The discussion of the physical therapy management emphasizes treatment goals, patient education, and how these are modified according to the different designs of total hip protheses.