Noise, Numbness, and Kneeling Difficulties After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Is the Outcome Affected?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1427-1431

  Sharkey, Peter F ^a   Miller, Andrew J ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kneeling; Noise; Numbness; Patient satisfaction; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEELING; MALE; NOISE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NOISE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80755163516     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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