Utilization of Rehabilitation Prior to Surgery Among Patients With Anterior-cruciate Ligament Knee Injury: a Retrospective Review of the French National Health Database (Prehab-ACL)
Utilization of Rehabilitation Prior to Surgery Among Patients With Anterior-cruciate Ligament Knee Injury: a Retrospective Review of the French National Health Database (Prehab-ACL)
This research aims to assess physiotherapy utilization in the treatment of patients with an anterior-cruciate ligament knee injury, when delivered before their surgery (prehab), and its potential effects on absence from work, and patients global health consumptions (before and after the surgery).
Based on the codes generated from French National health database, patients with prehab (+post-surgery rehabilitation) will be compared to patients receiving only post-surgery rehabilitation
Inclusion Criteria:
- First episod of ACL-surgery
Exclusion Criteria: