Demographic biases of scoring instruments for the results of total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 858-865

  Brinker, Mark R ^b   Lund, Peter J ^a   Barrack, Robert L ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0030913749     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199706000-00009     Document Type: Article

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