High-flexion total knee arthroplasty improves flexion of stiff knees

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 936-942

  Lee, Bum Sik ^a   Kim, Jong Min ^a   Lee, Sang Jin ^a   Jung, Kwang Hwan ^b   Lee, Dae Hee ^c   Cha, Eun Jong ^d   Bin, Seong Il ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

High flexion implants; Maximal flexion; Stiff knee; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956080845     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1272-4     Document Type: Article

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