Is laterality associated with a higher rate of hip arthroplasty on the dominant side?

Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-77

  Stea, Susanna ^a   Bordini, Barbara ^a   Viceconti, Marco ^a   Traina, Francesco ^a   Cervini, Armando ^a   Toni, Aldo ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coxarthrosis; Handedness; Hip prosthesis; Laterality; Left footed

Indexed keywords

HIP PROSTHESES; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT MONITORING;

COXARTHROSIS; HANDEDNESS; HIGH RATE; HIP ARTHROPLASTIES; IMPLANTOLOGY; LATERALITY; LEAVE-FOOTED; LOWER LIMB; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; UPPER LIMBS;

ARTHROPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; ITALY; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT FOOT; RIGHT HIP; SURGICAL RISK; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 37549057638     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2007.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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