Review Article

Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Concomitant Low Back Pain, Its Effects on Pain, Functional Outcomes and Satisfaction, a Narrative Review

Abstract

The request for total knee arthroplasties (TKA) is increasingly being raised and imposes an enormous burden on the healthcare system. Most subjects represent symptomatic concomitant low back pain (LBP) at baseline, interfering with functional outcomes with little or no improvement in mental health following TKA. Orthopedics should notify the patients suffering from concomitant LBP about the like hood of unfavorable recovery. The authors describe the functional outcomes and satisfaction following TKA in patients suffering from concomitant LBP.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.18502/jost.v10i2.15510
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TKA Low Back Pain TJA Total Joint Arthroplasty

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Moharrami A, Mirahmadi Eraghi M, Beheshti Fard S, Asadifar A, Fallah E, Mortazavi SJ. Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Concomitant Low Back Pain, Its Effects on Pain, Functional Outcomes and Satisfaction, a Narrative Review. J Orthop Spine Trauma. 2024;10(2):48-51.