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Reduction of Falls and Factors Affecting Falls a Year After Total Knee Arthroplasty in Elderly Patients with Severe Knee Osteoarthritis

BACKGROUND: Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)() is a common surgical treatment for severe knee Osteoarthritis (OA)(), which generally improves pain, physical function, quality of life and possibly fall risk. Fall risk increases for older adults with severe knee OA; however it has not been studied extens...

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Autores principales: Tsonga, T., Michalopoulou, M., Kapetanakis, S., Giovannopoulou, E., Malliou, P., Godolias, G., Soucacos, P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5109585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27924167
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001610010522