Truncal Changes in Patients Suffering Severe Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis: A Surface Topography Study

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with severe hip or knee OA could have truncal morphology alterations, in addition to reduced hip or knee range of motion and pain. These alterations could cause significant negative effects, which may then seriously affect the patients' quality of life.PMID:34094009 | PMC:PMC8173239 | DOI:10.4055/cios20123

Source: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery - June 7, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Vasileios A Kechagias Theodoros B Grivas Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos Vasileios A Kontogeorgakos Konstantinos Vlasis Source Type: research