Does the new generation of high-flex knee prostheses improve the post-operative range of movement? A meta-analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1429-1434

  Mehin, R ^a,b   Burnett, R S ^a,c   Brasher, P M A ^a,d  

^a Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^b Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services   (Canada)

^c ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA SYNTHESIS; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957837285     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B10.23199     Document Type: Article

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