Journal
CLINICS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 395-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2012.06.001
Keywords
Joint arthroplasty; Knee arthroplasty; Health status; Recovery
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- Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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This review examines recovery after total hip and knee arthroplasty. It aims to (1) provide an overview of the different types of disease-specific, generic, and utility outcome measures used to assess recovery after total hip and knee arthroplasty and (2) summarize reported changes in health-related quality of life after total joint arthroplasty. Disease-specific measures reported large and important changes (assessed with minimally clinically important differences and effect size criteria), primarily for pain and function over short- and long-term recovery. Smaller but important changes were reported with generic and utility measures. Changes were largest in the pain and physical function domains.
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