FUNCTIONALITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY PEOPLE SUBMITTED TO TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

• Egile Nagusiak: Leonel Preto (Egilea), Claúdia Pinto (Egilea), André Novo (Egilea), Eugénia Mendes (Egilea), Ilda Barreira (Egilea), Fidel Lopez-Espuela (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Associação Portuguesa dos Enfermeiros de Reabilitação, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To evaluate perception of knee functionality and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in elderly patients submitted to total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods: 40 patients were studied at two moments of evaluation: in the preoperative period and eight weeks after surgery. HRQL was assesse...