Development of a Scale to Assess Performance Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Quantitative assessment of postsurgical knee motion provides sensitive measurements, but results are technical and may not be meaningful to patients. Although several knee-specific instruments exist, no patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure correlates function with improved stability, motion, satisfaction, and confidence.To address both the above limitations by developing a PRO measure to assess the phenomenon of a "normal" knee after primary...