Open AccessPain Trajectories Identify Patients at Risk of Persistent Pain After Knee Arthroplasty: An Observational Study
Author(s) -
Patricia Lavand’homme,
Irina Grosu,
Emmanuel Thienpont
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999-013-3389-5
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , neuropathic pain , osteoarthritis , arthroplasty , knee pain , physical therapy , anesthesia , prospective cohort study , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
Persistent postsurgical pain is a major source of dissatisfaction after knee arthroplasty. Postoperative pain trajectories allow a dynamic view of pain resolution after surgery and might help to identify patients at risk for persistent pain.