The impacts of pre-surgery wait for total knee replacement on pain, function and health-related quality of life six months after surgery

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-120

  Desmeules, François ^a,b   Dionne, Clermont E ^a,b   Belzile, Étienne L ^b   Bourbonnais, Renée ^b,c   Frémont, Pierre ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Laval University Hospital ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Function; Health organization; Health related quality of life; Knee replacement; Pain; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84855551038     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01541.x     Document Type: Article

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