Improved knee flexion following high-flexion total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lionberger, David R ^a   Eggers, Mitchell D ^b   Brewer, Kathryn E ^b   Fang, Li ^b  

^a LLP   (United States)

^b Foundation for Southwest Orthopedic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Gender specific high flexion knee prosthesis; Osteoarthritis; Range of motion; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861817620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-799X-7-22     Document Type: Article

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