Comprehensive assessment of clinical outcome and quality of life after total elbow arthroplasty

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-82

  Angst, Felix ^a,b,e   John, Michael ^a,c   Pap, Géza ^a,c   Mannion, Anne F ^d   Herren, Daniel B ^a   Flury, Matthias ^a   Aeschlimann, André ^b   Schwyzer, Hans Kaspar ^a   Simmen, Beat R ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b Rehaclinic Zurzach   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Comorbidity; DASH; Elbow; FREE; mASES; Outcome; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEONS QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND QUESTIONNAIRE; ELBOW; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT STABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PATIENT RELATED ELBOW EVALUATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 13444306167     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20911     Document Type: Article

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