Outcomes of total hip and knee replacement: Preoperative functional status predicts outcomes at six months after surgery

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1722-1728

  Fortin, Paul R ^a   Clarke, Ann E ^a   Joseph, Lawrence ^a   Liang, Matthew H ^b   Tanzer, Michael ^a   Ferland, Diane ^a   Phillips, Charlotte ^b   Partridge, Alison J ^b   Bélisle, Patrick ^a   Fossel, Anne H ^b   Mahomed, Nizar ^c   Sledge, Clement B ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COXITIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033495625     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199908)42:8<1722::AID-ANR22>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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