Outcomes after hip or knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis. A prospective cohort study comparing patients' quality of life before and after surgery with age-related population norms

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 235-238

  March, Lyn M ^a,f   Cross, Marita J ^b   Lapsley, Helen ^g   Brnabic, Alan J M ^c   Tribe, Katherine L ^b   Bachmeier, Clarissa J M ^b   Courtenay, Brett G ^d   Brooks, Peter M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Northern Sydney Public Health Unit   (United States)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033530129     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123628.x     Document Type: Article

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