Journal article
Preoperative Knee Stiffness and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
Abstract
A retrospective case-control study was conducted to evaluate 1-year total knee arthroplasty (TKA) outcomes among preoperative stiff knees, range of motion (ROM) 80° or less, compared with nonstiff preoperative knees, ROM 100° or greater. A total of 134 stiff knee cases were compared with a matched cohort of 134 non-stiff knee controls. Knee Society Score and Oxford Knee Score change scores from baseline to 1 year were similar between the …
Authors
Winemaker M; Rahman WA; Petruccelli D; de Beer J
Journal
The Journal of Arthroplasty, Vol. 27, No. 8, pp. 1437–1441
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2012
DOI
10.1016/j.arth.2011.12.015
ISSN
0883-5403