Open AccessWhat Preoperative Factors are Associated With Not Achieving a Minimum Clinically Important Difference After THA? Findings from an International Multicenter Study
Author(s) -
Pakdee Rojanasopondist,
Vincent P Galea,
James W. Connelly,
Sean J. Matuszak,
Ola Rolfson,
Charles R. Bragdon,
Henrik Malchau
Publication year - 2019
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 - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000667
Subject(s) - medicine , multicenter study , orthopedic surgery , medline , sports medicine , physical therapy , surgery , randomized controlled trial , political science , law
Despite innovations in THA, there remains a subgroup of patients who experience only modest pain relief and/or functional improvement after the procedure. Although several studies have previously sought to identify factors before surgery that were associated with achieving or not achieving a meaningful improvement after THA, there is no consensus on which factors are most associated; many studies have relied on single-center or single-country multicenter studies for their cohorts.