Obesity has a negative impact on clinical outcome after total knee arthroplasty
J Järvenpää, J Kettunen… - … Journal of Surgery, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and Aims: Obesity has been linked to the development of osteoarthritis of the
knee and since the incidence of obesity is increasing, the need for total knee arthroplasty …
knee and since the incidence of obesity is increasing, the need for total knee arthroplasty …
Obesity has a negative impact on clinical outcome after total knee arthroplasty
J Järvenpää, J Kettunen… - … journal of surgery …, 2012 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background and aims Obesity has been linked to the development of osteoarthritis of the
knee and since the incidence of obesity is increasing, the need for total knee arthroplasty …
knee and since the incidence of obesity is increasing, the need for total knee arthroplasty …
Obesity has a negative impact on clinical outcome after total knee arthroplasty.
J Järvenpää, J Kettunen, T Soininvaara… - … Journal of Surgery …, 2012 - europepmc.org
Results The obese patients had poorer clinical success at the final follow-up, their WOMAC
scores were significantly higher compared to non-obese (pain 20.7 vs. 11.6; p= 0.021 …
scores were significantly higher compared to non-obese (pain 20.7 vs. 11.6; p= 0.021 …