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A Novel Assessment of Braking Reaction Time Following THA Using a New Fully Interactive Driving Simulator.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After total hip replacement surgery, patients are eager to resume the activities of daily life, particularly driving. Most surgeons recommend waiting 6 weeks after surgery to resume driving; however, there is no evidence to indicate that patients cannot resume driving earlier.

Questions/purposes

Our purpose was to evaluate when in the recovery period following THA that patients regain or improve upon their preoperative braking reaction time, allowing them to safely resume driving.

Methods

We measured and compared pre- and postoperative braking reaction times of 90 patients from 3 different surgeons using a Fully Interactive Driving Simulator (Simulator Systems International, Tulsa, OK). We defined a return to safe braking reaction time as a return to a time value that is either equal to or less than the preoperative braking reaction time.

Results

Patients tested at 2 and 3 weeks after surgery had slower braking reaction times than preoperative times by an average of 0.069 and 0.009 s, respectively. At 4 weeks after surgery, however, patients improved their reaction times by 0.035 s (p?=?0.0398). In addition, at 2, 3, and 4 weeks postoperatively, the results also demonstrated that patient less than 70 years of age recovered faster.

Conclusions

Based upon the results of this study, most patients should be allowed to return to driving 4 weeks following minimally invasive primary total hip arthroplasty.

SUBMITTER: Ruel AV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4481257 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Novel Assessment of Braking Reaction Time Following THA Using a New Fully Interactive Driving Simulator.

Ruel Allison V AV Lee Yuo-Yu YY Boles John J Boettner Friedrich F Su Edwin E Westrich Geoffrey H GH

HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery 20150414 2

<h4>Background</h4>After total hip replacement surgery, patients are eager to resume the activities of daily life, particularly driving. Most surgeons recommend waiting 6 weeks after surgery to resume driving; however, there is no evidence to indicate that patients cannot resume driving earlier.<h4>Questions/purposes</h4>Our purpose was to evaluate when in the recovery period following THA that patients regain or improve upon their preoperative braking reaction time, allowing them to safely resu ...[more]

PMID: 26140034

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Dataset Information

A Novel Assessment of Braking Reaction Time Following THA Using a New Fully Interactive Driving Simulator.

Background

Questions/purposes

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Publications

A Novel Assessment of Braking Reaction Time Following THA Using a New Fully Interactive Driving Simulator.

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