Bilateral total knee arthroplasty increases the propensity to trip on an obstacle

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 433, Issue , 2005, Pages 160-165

  Mauer, Andreas C ^a   Draganich, Louis F ^a   Pandya, Nirav ^a   Hofer, Jennifer ^a   Piotrowski, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TEST;

EID: 16844372986     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000150569.93262.64     Document Type: Article

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