Journal article
Total Joint Arthroplasty and Preoperative Low Back Pain
Abstract
Lower extremity osteoarthritis with concomitant low-back pain (LBP) may obscure a clinician's ability to properly evaluate the status of hip or knee osteoarthritis and subsequent total joint arthroplasty (TJA) candidacy. A prospective cohort study was conducted to determine prevalence and severity of preoperative LBP among TJA patients, and the effect of TJA on alleviating LBP. Preoperative moderate to worst imaginable LBP pain on the Oswestry …
Authors
Staibano P; Winemaker M; Petruccelli D; de Beer J
Journal
The Journal of Arthroplasty, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 867–871
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
5 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.arth.2013.10.001
ISSN
0883-5403