Is There a Functional Benefit to Obtaining High Flexion After Total Knee Arthroplasty?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 22, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 43-46

  Meneghini, Robert Michael ^c   Pierson, Jeffery L ^a,c   Bagsby, Deren ^c   Ziemba Davis, Mary ^a   Berend, Michael E ^b,c   Ritter, Merrill A ^b,c  

^a St Vincent Center for Joint Replacement   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HIP AND KNEE SURGERY   (United States)

^c Joint Replacement Surgeons of Indiana Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

high flexion; knee arthroplasty; knee replacement; outcomes; range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTHESIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548217667     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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