Improvements in physical function and pain sustained for up to 10 years after knee or hip arthroplasty irrespective of mental health status before surgery: 9,737 middle-aged and 9,292 older women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health and National Joint Replacement Registry

Improvements in physical function and pain sustained for up to 10 years after knee or hip arthroplasty irrespective of mental health status before surgery: 9,737 middle-aged and 9,292 older women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health and National Joint Replacement Registry

Background and purpose — There are concerns that mental health (MH) may influence outcomes of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA). We examined effects of poor MH before surgery on long-term outcomes of osteoarthritis-related TKA or THA in women. Patients and methods — The d...

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Main Authors: G M E E (Geeske) Peeters, Sophia Rainbird, Michelle Lorimer, Annette J Dobson, Gita D Mishra, Stephen E Graves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Journals Sweden 2017-03-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2016.1250059

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