Associations between preoperative functional status and functional outcomes of total joint replacement in the Dominican Republic

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1802-1808

  Dempsey, Kyle E ^a   Collins, Jamie E ^a,b   Ghazinouri, Roya ^a   Alcantara, Luis ^c   Thornhill, Thomas S ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud   (Dominican Republic)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Improvement patterns; International; Joint replacement; Knee hip arthroplasty; Medical mission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COXITIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

EID: 84887385372     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket180     Document Type: Article

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