Clinical, nociceptive and psychological profiling to predict acute pain after total knee arthroplasty.
I E LunaH KehletM A PetersenE K AasvangPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2017)
Pre-operative widespread pressure pain hypersensitivity and pain catastrophizing are predictive of moderate severe post-TKA pain. If validated in a larger population, the clinically applicable tests should be considered in future interventions aiming to minimize post-operative pain in high-risk patients.