Ethnic differences in preoperative function of patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 426-428

  Joshy, Suraj ^a,b   Datta, Amit ^a   Perera, Anthony ^a   Thomas, Boban ^a   Gogi, Nitish ^a   Kumar Singh, Binod ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b not available   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 36048942194     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-006-0115-x     Document Type: Article

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