Patient-level improvements in pain and activities of daily living after total knee arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study patient-level improvements in pain and limitations of key activities of daily living (ADLs) after primary or revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Methods

We analysed prospectively collected data from the Mayo Clinic Total Joint Registry for improvements in index knee pain severity and limitations in three key ADLs (walking, climbing stairs and rising from a chair) from pre-operative to 2 and 5 years post-TKA.

Results

The primary TKA cohort consisted of 7229 responders pre-operatively, 7139 at 2 years and 4234 at 5 years post-operatively. The revision TKA cohort consisted of 1206 responders pre-operatively, 1533 at 2 years and 881 at 5 years post-operatively. In the primary TKA cohort, important pain reduction to mild or no knee pain at 2 years wa

SUBMITTER: Singh JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3916734 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature