There are no studies addressing management of pain not related to surgery in postoperative patients.

Search Method

Searched PubMed, CINAHL, and EMBASE for different combinations of these concepts:

• Pain – etiology, drug therapy, prevention and control
• Postoperative period or postoperative care
• Rehabilitation OR physical therapy OR physiotherapy
• Factors that interfere with rehabilitation (looked for these terms:  interfere* OR delay* OR prohibit*)
• Arthroplasty/rehabilitation
• Comparative study or clinical trial or cohort study or prospective study

Reviewed 4/29/2014 ldt