The effect of personality on recovery from total hip replacement and total knee replacement in patients with osteoarthritis

Background: Total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement (TKR) are increasingly common procedures to treat the pain and disability associated with osteoarthritis. There is a large variability in time to achieve functional milestones following these procedures and of success of surgery meas...

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Main Author: Gibson, Clare Naomi
Published: University of Sheffield 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.486714