Preoperative Mental Health Has a Stronger Association with Baseline Self-Assessed Knee Scores than Defect Morphology in Patients Undergoing Cartilage Repair.
Jakob AckermannTakahiro OguraRobert A DuerrAlexandre Barbieri MestrinerAndreas H GomollPublished in: Cartilage (2018)
In patients with symptomatic cartilage defects of the knee, preoperative patient mental health has a strong association with self-assessed pain and functional knee scores. Further studies are needed to determine if preoperative mental health management can improve preoperative symptoms and postoperative outcomes.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- mental health
- total knee arthroplasty
- knee osteoarthritis
- mental illness
- anterior cruciate ligament
- chronic pain
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- extracellular matrix
- pain management
- type diabetes
- neuropathic pain
- spinal cord injury
- physical activity
- skeletal muscle
- glycemic control
- soft tissue