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Table 1 Criteria for participants in the study

From: The efficacy of tourniquet assisted total knee arthroplasty on patient-reported and performance-based physical function: a randomized controlled trial protocol

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Age > 50

Rheumatoid arthritis

 

BMI > 35

Able to tolerate spinal anesthesia

Previous knee surgery

 

Malignancy

Clinical and radiological knee OA according to the ‘Ahlbäck’ classification system

Muscle disease

 

Deep vein thrombosis or other blood coagulation disorders.

 

Neuromuscular problems

 

Symptomatic bilateral OA, with planned surgery of the contra lateral knee within 1 year

 

Decline or unable to participate

  1. OA, Osteoarthritis; BMI, Body Mass Index.