The study aimed to investigate factors affecting pain and function outcomes (using Oxford Knee Score, OKS) one year after TKR, with normative comparison to a reference population. Design We recruited TKR patients from one hospital (Nottinghamshire, UK); collected pre- and post-operative OKS; ...
Perhaps it’s too much to expect that stem cells (or drugs?) can ever be a bullet-proof cure-all for OA. You’ve got to ask what caused the OA in the first place — and that also seems like another nontrivial question… and may require other modes of treatment. Frankly, I’m imp...
“…slows me down both in walking and in going up and down stairs leading me to use a stick or something to lean on.” (F, 75 years) Second theme: TKR induced fears and uncertainties regarding the progression of the disease. From the qualitative study conducted, it emerges that patients...
Three main themes are deducted from this phenomenological analysis. The first theme is “The existence of pain impedes the capacity to participate in daily life activities”; the second theme is “TKR induced fears and uncertainties regarding the progression of the disease”; the third theme is “...