The Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Study design process
Item | Specification |
Population, or participants and conditions of interest | Patients with OA of the hip (any age, any gender and any severity) |
Interventions or exposures | Total hip arthroplasty |
Comparisons or control groups | For comparison between limps of the same subject: asymptomatic contralateral hip For comparison between patients and heathy individuals: asymptomatic control subjects |
Outcomes of interest | Muscle strength of hip abductors |
Study designs | Any study design, only published studies, no conference abstracts |
OA, osteoarthritis.