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Table 4 Sensations causing joint awareness

From: What makes patients aware of their artificial knee joint?

Category

No. patients

% patients

No. comments

Bodily sensations (total)

21

52.5

62

 Stiffness

6

15.0

10

 No feeling or numbness

4

10.0

7

 Limited flexibility

4

10.0

6

 Tightness / Pulling

4

10.0

7

 Swelling

4

10.0

8

 Strange or unpleasant feeling

3

7.5

4

 Cracking

2

5.0

4

 Heat and cold sensation

2

5.0

4

 Foreign Body Feeling

3

7.5

4

 No strength

2

5.0

3

 Rubbing

1

2.5

2

 Stinging

1

2.5

2

 Touch-sensitivity

1

2.5

1

Pain

18

45.0

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