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Weight Patterns Before and After Total Joint Arthroplasty and Characteristics Associated with Weight Change
Author(s) -
Maria C. Inacio,
Donna Kritz Silverstein,
Rema Raman,
Caroline A. Macera,
Jeanne F. Nichols,
Richard A. Shaffer,
Donald C. Fithian
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the permanente journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1552-5775
pISSN - 1552-5767
DOI - 10.7812/tpp/13-082
Subject(s) - medicine , joint arthroplasty , weight change , cohort , weight gain , weight loss , arthroplasty , incidence (geometry) , total hip arthroplasty , retrospective cohort study , obesity , cohort study , surgery , body weight , physical therapy , physics , optics
Although prevalence of obesity and incidence of total joint arthroplasty (TJA) have dramatically increased over the last two decades in the U.S., little is known of the preoperative and postoperative weight patterns of patients undergoing TJA.

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