A comparison of clinical and patient-reported outcome measures of TKR: Comparison of Asian to North American patients.

Background: Cultural differences between continents may also affect the outcome on interventions. This study compared an Asian and North American cohort of total knee replacement (TKR) patients.

Questions/purposes: This study aims to compare the patient-reported outcome measures as well as a functional outcome after TKR between these two different patient populations with a different cultural societal background in two different countries.