The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of physiotherapy in patients after hip replacement in second stage of rehabilitation.

Duration of rehabilitation course was 30 days.

The study included a group of 21 patients from Rehabilitation department in one hospital after hip replacement because of coxarthrosis.

Exploration shows, that more patients were women - 19 (91%), and men – 2 (9%).

The age of the patients in this group was from 50 to 70 years. The average age of them was 65,9 ± 6,09 years.

Patients was grouped according to age in two groups. In first group – 7 patients who‘s age was from 50 to 65 years (33%) and in second group – 14 patients who‘s age was from 66 to 70 years (67%). The average age of the patients in first group was 58,9 ± 5,96 years, in second group – 69,4 ± 1,01 years.

The effect of physiotherapy was performed using the Oxford scale, goniometry technique, Keitel‘s index, Pain Visual Analog Scale, Barthel‘s index. We evaluated these indexes at two times – before rehabilitation course and after rehabilitation course.

The muscle strength after rehabilitation course increased in both groups (p<0,05).

The range of motions after rehabilitation course increased in both groups (p<0,05).

Level of the pain after rehabilitation course decreased in both groups (p<0,05).

Keitel‘s index after rehabilitation course increased in both groups (p<0,05).

Barthel‘s index after rehabilitation course increased in both groups (p<0,05).

Raktažodžiai: hip replacement, coxarthrosis, physiotherapy