Journal article
Assessing Recovery and Establishing Prognosis Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Information about expected rate of change after arthroplasty is critical for making prognostic decisions related to rehabilitation. The goals of this study were: (1) to describe the pattern of change in lower-extremity functional status of patients over a 1-year period after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and (2) to describe the effect of preoperative functional status on change over time.
SUBJECTS: Eighty-four patients …
Authors
Kennedy DM; Stratford PW; Riddle DL; Hanna SE; Gollish JD
Journal
Physical Therapy, Vol. 88, No. 1, pp. 22–32
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
January 1, 2008
DOI
10.2522/ptj.20070051
ISSN
0031-9023