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SUBMITTER: Heisinger S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7288322 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heisinger Stephan S Hitzl Wolfgang W Hobusch Gerhard M GM Windhager Reinhard R Cotofana Sebastian S
Journal of clinical medicine 20200501 5
The aim of the study was to longitudinally investigate symptomatic and structural factors prior to total knee replacement (TKR) surgery in order to identify influential factors that can predict a patient's need for TKR surgery. In total, 165 participants (60% females; 64.5 ± 8.4 years; 29.7 ± 4.7 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) receiving a TKR in any of both knees within a four-year period were analyzed. Radiographic change, knee pain, knee function and quality of life were annually assessed prior to the TKR ...[more]