Does body weight influence outcome after total knee arthroplasty? A 1-year analysis

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 315-319

  Deshmukh, R G ^a   Hayes, J H ^b   Pinder, I M ^c  

^a PILGRIM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CASPE (Clinical Accountability Service Planning and Evaluation) Research   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Knee scores; Nottingham Health Profile (NHP); Outcome measures; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0036216126     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2002.30776     Document Type: Article

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