Abstracts tagged "osteoarthritis and statistics"

Abstract Number: 900 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Race and Sex Specific Incidence Rates and Predictors of Total Knee Arthroplasty: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, 7 Years Follow up
Jamie E. Collins¹, Bhushan Deshpande¹, Jeffrey N. Katz² and Elena Losina¹, ¹Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is used to reduce pain and improve functional status in persons with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA). Several studies point to…