A prospective cohort of 222 patients who underwent revision hip replacement between April 2001 and March 2004 was evaluated to determine predictors of function, pain and activity level between one and two years post-operatively, and to define
Aims. It is well described that patients with bone and joint infections (BJIs) commonly experience significant functional impairment and disability. Published literature is lacking on the impact of BJIs on mental health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess health-related
Aims. This study investigates whether primary knee arthroplasty (KA) restores health-related
Aims. The primary aim of our study was to assess the influence of age on hip-specific outcome following total hip arthroplasty (THA). Secondary aims were to assess health-related
We have evaluated the
Aims. Using tibial shaft fracture participants from a large, multicentre randomized controlled trial, we investigated if patient and surgical factors were associated with health-related
Aims. While patients with psychological distress have poorer short-term outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), their longer-term function is unknown. We aimed to 1) assess the influence of preoperative mental health status on long-term functional outcomes,
Objectives. This study investigates the reporting of health-related
Aims. The primary aim was to assess whether preoperative health-related
Aims. To investigate health-related
In a prospective trial we studied 176 consecutive patients having a primary total hip arthroplasty to compare the
Aims. To identify the responsiveness, minimal clinically important difference (MCID), minimal clinical important change (MIC), and patient-acceptable symptom state (PASS) thresholds in the 36-item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36) (v2) for each of the eight dimensions and the total score following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods. There were 3,321 patients undergoing primary TKA with preoperative and one-year postoperative SF-36 scores. At one-year patients were asked how satisfied they were and “How much did the knee arthroplasty surgery improve the
Aims. The aims were to assess whether preoperative joint-specific function (JSF) and health-related
We set out to determine the impact of surgery on
Aims. The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that three grades of sagittal compensation for standing posture (normal, compensated, and decompensated) correlate with health-related
Aims. To evaluate the impact of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) on the odds of having deep infections and health-related
Aims. To assess the variation in pre-fracture
Aims. The health-related
Aims. To identify the prevalence of neuropathic pain after lower limb fracture surgery, assess associations with pain severity,
We investigated the pre-operative and one-year post-operative health-related