Knee-replacement surgery is frequently done and highly successful. It relieves pain and
improves knee function in people with advanced arthritis of the joint. The most common …

The use of common surgical procedures varies widely across regions. Differences in illness
burden, diagnostic practices, and patient attitudes about medical intervention explain only a …

Objective To investigate whether placebo controls should be used in the evaluation of
surgical interventions. Design Systematic review. Data sources We searched Medline …

Background Total joint replacements for end-stage osteoarthritis of the hip and knee are cost-
effective and demonstrate significant clinical improvement. However, robust population …

The use of patient reported outcome measures might seem to be quite straightforward;
however, a number of pitfalls await clinicians with limited expertise. Jill Dawson and …

Background Arthroscopic sub-acromial decompression (decompressing the sub-acromial
space by removing bone spurs and soft tissue arthroscopically) is a common surgery for …

Two-hundred and sixty-nine shoulders in 223 patients with a diagnosis of primary frozen
shoulder were studied. The main outcome measure was the Oxford shoulder score. The …

Objectives To present estimates of clinically meaningful or minimal important changes for
the Oxford Hip Score (OHS) and the Oxford Knee Score (OKS) after joint replacement …

Objective The groin pain experienced by patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) is often
accompanied by areas of referred pain and changes in skin sensitivity. We aimed to identify …

We have analysed the Constant-Murley (1987) assessment for 25 patients with shoulder
pathology. We found the score easy to use, with low inter-and intraobserver errors, but …