Abstracts tagged "outcome measures and pain"

Abstract Number: 193 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pre-Operative Pain and Function: Profiles of Patients Selected for Total Knee Replacement Among Surgeons in the United States
Uyen Sa D.T. Nguyen¹, David C. Ayers¹, Wenjun Li¹, Leslie Harrold² and Patricia D. Franklin¹, ¹Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Department of Orthopedics and Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: When knee pain is severe and frequent, or mobility and daily activities become difficult, a total knee replacement (TKR) remains the most effective treatment…
Abstract Number: 2133 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Neuropathic Pain After Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Anne Lubbeke¹, Gabor J. Puskas¹, Domizio Suva¹, Sylvette Bas², Cem Gabay², Axel Finckh³ and Pierre Hoffmeyer¹, ¹Orthopaedic Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ²Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ³Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: A sizeable number of patients continue to suffer from pain after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The reason for this is not well established in…