Pitfalls of using patient recall to derive preoperative status in outcome studies of total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1149-1156

  Lingard, E A ^a   Wright, E A ^a   Sledge, C B ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SOCIAL STATUS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034910613     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200108000-00003     Document Type: Article

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