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
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