The aim of this review is to provide a summary of adult measures of general health and
health-related quality of life (HRQOL) commonly used in rheumatology research studies …

The economic burden to Medicare due to revision arthroplasty procedures has not yet been
studied systematically. The economic burden of revisions was calculated as annual …

Executive Summary The advent of Treatment Centres creates a new opportunity to provide
efficient elective surgery to NHS patients. In the increasing culture of accountability within …

Purpose Adolescent idiopathic scoliotic (AIS) deformity induces excessive oxygen
consumption correlated to a bilateral increase of lumbo-pelvic muscles timing activity (EMG) …

OBJECTIVES: To assess the evolution of impairment and disability after total knee
arthroplasty (TKA) for osteoarthritis and to seek an association with patient satisfaction with …

Few studies have assessed the changes produced by multiple joint impairments (MJI) of the
lower limbs on gait in patients with haemophilia (PWH). In patients with MJI, quantifiable …

Purpose To investigate the incidence of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or osteoarthritis (OA) after primary joint arthroplasty; to analyze the …

[Purpose] We investigated postoperative improvements in the knee joint function of 121
patients (17 males, 104 females) who received total knee arthroplasty (TKA).[Subjects and …

Background Health inequality is on the rise due to various social and individual factors.
While preventive health checks (PHC) aim to counteract health inequality, there is robust …

Total knee replacement is effective at reducing pain resulting from end stage knee
osteoarthritis but patient clinical outcome remains poor. This study develops methodologies …