Myofascial Pain in Patients Waitlisted for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Richard Henry; Catherine M Cahill; Gavin Wood; Jennifer Hroch; Rosemary Wilson; Tracy Cupido; Elizabeth VanDenKerkhof

doi:10.1155/2012/547183

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2012)

Myofascial Pain in Patients Waitlisted for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Richard Henry,
Catherine M Cahill,
Gavin Wood,
Jennifer Hroch,
Rosemary Wilson,
Tracy Cupido,
Elizabeth VanDenKerkhof

Affiliations

Richard Henry: Departments of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Catherine M Cahill: Departments of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Gavin Wood: Orthopedics, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Jennifer Hroch: Departments of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Rosemary Wilson: Departments of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Tracy Cupido: Departments of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth VanDenKerkhof: Departments of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/547183
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 5
pp. 321 – 327

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Knee pain is one of the major sources of pain and disability in developed countries, particularly in aging populations, and is the primary indication for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with osteoarthritis (OA).

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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