Episode 13: Bridging Research and Practice: Advanced Rehab for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Bridging Research and Practice: Advanced Rehab for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty 

In this episode of New Directions, host Patrick Desaulles sits down with physiotherapists Melanie Soer and Susan Ting to discuss 3 studies and their personal experiential perspectives on rehabilitation following total hip and knee arthroplasty (joint replacement). 

Together, they explore: 

• Key findings from three important research articles on hip and knee replacement rehab. 

• Common challenges and limitations in traditional post-op rehab approaches. 

• How a whole-body, neuromuscular approach — blending Pilates and physiotherapy principles — can help improve long-term functional outcomes. 

• How the same principles and techniques can be used for pre-operative care to prepare patients for surgery and improve post-op outcomes — not just recovery afterward. 

Hip & Knee Arthroplasty Rehab: An Advanced Skills Workshop 

• Dates: October 4–5, 2025 

• Instructors: Susan Ting & Melanie Soer 

• What you’ll learn: 

• Latest surgical insights from a guest surgeon 

• Practical lab work on neuromuscular retraining, postural control, gait analysis, and full kinetic chain rehab 

• Hands-on strategies you can apply in clinic immediately — for post-op AND pre-op patients 

Register for the course 

Links Mentioned: 

For full text versions of the below articles please reach out to PABC at [e-mail] 

 

Bennett D, Humphreys L, O'Brien S, Kelly C, Orr JF, Beverland DE. Gait kinematics of age-stratified hip replacement patients--a large scale, long-term follow-up study. Gait Posture. 2008 Aug;28(2):194-200. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.11.010. Epub 2008 Feb 19. PMID: 18242996. 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18242996/ 

 

Bhave A, Mont M, Tennis S, Nickey M, Starr R, Etienne G. Functional problems and treatment solutions after total hip and knee joint arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005;87 Suppl 2:9-21. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00628. PMID: 16326719. 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16326719/ 

 

Rahman J, Tang Q, Monda M, Miles J, McCarthy I. Gait assessment as a functional outcome measure in total knee arthroplasty: a cross-sectional study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2015 Mar 22;16:66. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0525-2. PMID: 25886558; PMCID: PMC4374376. 

https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12891-015-0525-2 

 

Before During and After hip and knee Joint replacement surgery 

https://vch.eduhealth.ca/media/vch/FB/FB.130.B393.pdf 

 

VCH Exercise Guide for Knee Replacement Surgery 

https://vch.eduhealth.ca/media/vch/FB/FB.873.Ex.372.pdf