Weight changes following lower limb arthroplasty: A prospective observational study

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-28

  Abu Rajab, Rashid B ^a   Findlay, H ^b   Young, D ^c   Jones, B ^b   Ingram, R ^b  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ARTHROPATHY; BODY MASS; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 65249097163     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmsmj.54.1.26     Document Type: Article

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