Importance Structured education and exercise therapy programs have been proposed to
reduce reliance on total knee replacement (TKR) surgery and improve health care …

Abstract Rational The Hawker appropriateness criteria for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are:
osteoarthritis symptoms impacting quality of life, evidence of osteoarthritis, trial of …

What is the optimal timing for hip or knee total joint arthroplasty (TJA) in people with
symptomatic and moderate-to-severe radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) or osteonecrosis (ON) …

Introduction Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) for osteoarthritis is one of several treatment options
with benefits and harms that patients value differently. However, the process for determining …

Background One of five patients is dissatisfied with the outcome of TKA. With the increasing
number of TKAs, this affects many patients. It has been suggested that high expectations …

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are validated questionnaires completed by
patients. They are essential to assess what is meaningful to patients and provide insight into …

Objective We piloted a decision support tool that promotes a “people-like-me”(PLM)
approach to rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The PLM approach …

Knee arthroplasty is one of the most common and effective elective major surgical
procedures, and it is conducted primarily for persons with knee osteoarthritis. Despite its …

Rationale While there are numerous tools available to inform if and when to use total knee
arthroplasty (TKA), very few tools exist to help guide the recovery period after surgery. Aims …

Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the issues raised in the Letter to the Editor from
Drs Riddle and Ghomrawi regarding the study by Dr Pacheco-Brousseau et al. 1 I would like …