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What are the patient factors that impact on decisions to progress to total knee replacement? A qualitative study involving patients with knee osteoarthritis

OBJECTIVES: General practitioners (GPs) are often the first health professionals to assess patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Despite clinical guideline recommendations for non-surgical intervention as first-line therapies, the most frequent referral from a GP for a person with knee OA is to an orth...

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Autores principales: O'Brien, Penny, Bunzli, Samantha, Ayton, Darshini, Dowsey, Michelle M, Gunn, Jane, Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6773346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31551388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031310