Review Article
Clinical Considerations for Return to Driving a Car following a Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review
| | Study | Population | Study design | Participants | Measurement | Time for return to driving |
| | Dalury et al. [14] (USA) | R TKA only | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 4 weeks | | Dalury et al. [4] (USA) | R TKA only | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 2 weeks | | Davis et al. [15] (USA) | Unilateral TKA | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 1 to 2 weeks | | Ellanti et al. [16] (Ireland) | Unilateral TKA | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; ; ; | Self-report | 6 weeks | | Hernandez et al. [18] (USA) | R TKA only | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 2 to 4 weeks | | Huang et al. [20] (Taiwan) | R TKA only | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 4 weeks | | Jordan et al. [21] (Germany) | Unilateral TKA | Prospective cohort | ; , ; , ; ; | Driving simulator |
| | Liebensteiner et al. [23] (Austria) | Unilateral TKA | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 2 weeks | | Marques et al. [25] (Germany) | R TKA only | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 30 days | | Marques et al. [26] (Germany) | L TKA only | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 10 days | | Pierson et al. [28] (USA) | TKA | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 6 weeks | | Spalding et al. [31] (UK) | Unilateral TKA | Prospective cohort | ; , ; ; | Driving simulator | 8 weeks | | Abbas et al. [11] (UK) | Unilateral THA | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; ; ; | Self-report | 6 to 8 weeks | | Batra et al. [12] (Australia) | THA | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; ; ; ; | Self-report | 1 week | | Carlile et al. [13] (UK) | THA | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 6 weeks | | Ganz et al. [17] (USA) | Unilateral THA | Prospective cohort | ; ; ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 4 to 6 weeks | | Hernandez et al. [19] (USA) | R THA only | Prospective cohort | ; ; | Driving simulator and self-report | 2 weeks | | Jordan et al. [22] (Germany) | Unilateral THA | Inception cohort | ; ; ; ; | Driving simulator |
| | MacDonald et al. [24] (UK) | Unilateral THA | | ; , ; , ; | Driving simulator | 8 weeks | | Qurashi et al. [29] (Australia) | THA | Prospective | ; ; ; ; | Driving simulator | 2 days | | Ruel et al. [30] (USA) | R THA only | Prospective | at 2 weeks: , ; ; at 3 weeks: ; , ; at 4 weeks: ; , | Driving simulator | 4 weeks | | Muh et al. [27] (USA) | TKA and THA | Retrospective | ; ,
; ; | Self-report | ≤6 months | | Rondon et al. [9] (USA) | TKA and THA | Prospective | ; , ;
; ; ; | Self-report | 3 to 4 weeks |
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TKA: total knee arthroplasty; THA: total hip arthroplasty; BMI: body mass index; R: right; L: left; NR: not reported.
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