Demographic and Psychosocial Predictors of Acute Perioperative Pain for Total Knee Arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: As the North American population ages, the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis and the surgical interventions (ie, total knee arthroplasty [TKA]) aimed at correcting pain and disability will also rise proportionally. Therefore, efforts to better understand the factors associated with surgi...

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Main Authors: Maya L Roth, Dean A Tripp, Mark H Harrison, Michael Sullivan, Patricia Carson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2007-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/394960