Reiß L, Stolle J, Carl HD, Swoboda B (2014)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2014
Publisher: Springer Verlag (Germany)
Book Volume: 73
Pages Range: 559-64
Journal Issue: 6
DOI: 10.1007/s00393-013-1291-x
Following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), no investigations have been published to assess possible differences between rheumatoid arthritic (RA) and osteoarthritic (OA) patients with respect to patient-reported outcome measures of knee function.A cohort of 128 consecutively operated patients (OA: n = 92, RA: n = 36) treated with bicondylar TKA was included in this prospective, clinical study. Knee function was assessed preoperatively and at 6 and 12 months after TKA, using the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and Oxford Knee Score (OKS).Both OKS and KOOS revealed a statistically significant improvement for OA and RA patients at 6 and 12 months after surgery, as compared to the preoperative status. The results of the OKS at 6 and 12 months did not show a further improvement for either group. The KOOS, however, revealed an additional improvement between 6 and 12 months for the osteoarthritis group, regarding the total score and all subscores, but not for the RA subgroup.Functional recovery after TKA improves in the second 6 months after surgery in OA patients, but not in RA patients, when knee function is exclusively assessed with patient-reported outcome measures.
APA:
Reiß, L., Stolle, J., Carl, H.-D., & Swoboda, B. (2014). Recovery of knee function after total knee arthroplasty: different outcomes in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie, 73(6), 559-64. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00393-013-1291-x
MLA:
Reiß, Lena, et al. "Recovery of knee function after total knee arthroplasty: different outcomes in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis." Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie 73.6 (2014): 559-64.
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