The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
Preoperative Gait Speed as a Predictor of Patient-Reported Outcomes After Total Hip Arthroplasty: Insights from Patient Acceptable Symptom State and K-Means Clustering Analyses.
Yuki Nakao, Satoshi Hamai, Satoshi Yamate, Toshiki Konishi, Shinya Kawahara, Goro Motomura, Takeshi Utsunomiya, Yasuharu Nakashima
Published: 202510.2106/JBJS.25.00542
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a well-established procedure for hip osteoarthritis (OA); however, its clinical outcomes are variable, and the optimal timing for surgery remains unclear. Identifying the preoperative predictors that influe…
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