Background: There is little research investigating which aspects of health-related quality of
life change following ankle arthrodesis and total ankle replacement surgery. The objective of …

Background: End-stage ankle arthrosis is one of the leading causes of chronic disability in
North America. Information on this condition is limited. The amount of pain and the reduction …

Introduction The benefit of ankle arthroplasty compared to arthrodesis continues to be
debated, but the quality of life after these two interventions has rarely been assessed. We …

Background: The rate of total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) is increasing relative to ankle
arthrodesis (AA) for patients seeking surgical treatment for end-stage ankle arthritis. Patients …

Background: Health state values, or “utilities,” are an important preference-based measure
of quality of life used by health economists. This study describes the utilities reported by a …

Background: The overall health and the importance of physical therapy for people following
total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) have been understudied. Our purpose was to characterize the …

Background: Patient-reported outcome measures are increasingly used evaluating clinical
care. Many measures used to assess operative hindfoot interventions vary in content, and …

Background: Despite good evidence that supports significant improvements in pain and
physical function following a total ankle replacement (TAR) for end-stage ankle arthritis …

Our goal was to compare the health status of patients with primary and secondary arthrosis
of the ankle before and after arthrodesis or total substitution arthroplasty, and to determine …

Background: Investigators seeking to understand the impact of musculoskeletal disorders
commonly use validated outcome instruments to assess the effect of diseases on physical …