The effect of age on the quality of life after knee replacement

Knee

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-128

  Donell, S T ^a   Neyret, P ^b   Dejour, H ^c   Adeleine, P ^d  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^d Laboratoire d'Informatique Medicale   (France)

Author keywords

Knee replacement; Osteoarthritis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0032054666     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(97)10002-3     Document Type: Article

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