2.1. Participants
spine disease, nervous disease
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, SPINE DISEASE, INFLAMMATORY DISEASE, DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS
This study enrolled 40 women who underwent TKA at an orthopedic surgery hospital. The inclusion criteria were as follows: older patients aged >65 years who could communicate with medical staff, those who underwent TKA owing to degenerative arthritis, and those with cemented TKA. The exclusion criteria were as follows: older patients aged >75 years; those with a history of knee joint surgery before TKA; those who possibly had a systematic inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis; those who had difficulty walking independently; those who had psychological problems or nervous disease; those who had previously received surgery for spine disease (