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134 APPENDICES Physiotherapy
modalities: TENS (36 ± 08%) and US (29 ± 08%)), and spinal manipulations (38 ± 06%) although the latter is
legally not a physiotherapeutic technique.
Total knee replacement
Overall, 172 physiotherapists out of the 367 respondents have treated, in the week preceding the receipt of
the questionnaire, at least one patient suffering from total knee replacement (see Table 4.6). Distribution of
patients age, proportion of males and females, repartition of the delays between the discharge from
hospital/rehabilitation centre and the beginning of the treatment by the physiotherapist, and distribution of
treatment modalities are presented in Figure 4.5. Total knee replacement mainly concerns aged adults. As
shown in Table 4.6, the patients mean age was 69 ± 10 years (range: 42 90 years). A higher prevalence of
females was observed presumably due to their higher life expectancy. In most cases, no delay was observed
between the patient s discharge from hospital/rehabilitation centre and the beginning of his/her treatment by
the physiotherapist.