Background: It has been suggested that total knee replacement is being performed in
people with less-severe osteoarthritis. We aimed to determine whether there were …

Background To examine if different rates of total knee replacement (TKR) in two similar
cohorts with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) were associated with different functional …

Objective To assess the relationship between comorbidities and amount of improvement in
pain and physical function in recipients of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for knee …

Conclusions: We were able to form a unique cohort of 1002 participants with complaints of
early OA, different from the welldescribed cohorts. The CHECK study has only 8 …

Background While total joint replacement (TJR) is the most effective treatment for end-stage
osteoarthritis (OA), one-third of patients do not experience clinically important improvement …

Introduction: According to the World Health Organization data repository, the average life
expectancy at birth for Singapore in 2015 has risen to 83.4 years, and many octogenarians …

Introduction: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an effective treatment for knee osteoarthritis.
Patient-reported outcome after TKA is influenced by multiple patient-related factors. The aim …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate changes over time in osteoarthritis risk
factors most closely associated with the occurrence of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Between 2004 and 2009, the incidence of primary total knee
arthroplasty (TKA) in Denmark has almost doubled. It has been speculated that this increase …

Aims To determine the trajectories of patient reported pain and functional disability over five
years following total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods A …