The Effect of Total Knee Arthroplasty on Body Mass Index—A Prospective Study
Background/Purposes: Osteoarthritic patients, who need a total knee arthroplasty, usually complain of knee pain as the major reason to forbid them from exercising to lose weight. Weight gain, in turn, worsens the process of osteoarthritis as a vicious cycle. In our prospective study, we calculated t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210491711000315 |