Background
osteoarthritis, pain
OSTEOARTHRITIS, CHRONIC PAIN
Treatment of osteoarthritis with total knee replacement (TKR) aims to reduce pain and functional limitations. Over 100,000 primary TKRs are performed annually by the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kindgdom [We designed a care pathway intervention for people with early chronic pain after TKR and evaluated it in a multi-centre pragmatic, open randomised controlled trial [In the current study, we aimed to follow up STAR trial participants at a median of four years from randomisation to examine the longer-term clinical- and cost-effectiveness of the STAR care pathway for people with early chronic pain after TKR.