Are patients with knee osteoarthritis and patients with knee joint replacement as physically active as healthy persons?

Background: It is well documented that patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) suffer from reduced physical function and that function of the affected knee is improved after knee joint replacement (KJR). However, it remains uncertain whether patients with KOA are less physically active than healthy...

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Main Authors: Rikke Daugaard, Marianne Tjur, Maik Sliepen, Matthijs Lipperts, Bernd Grimm, Inger Mechlenburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Translation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214031X1730089X