vocal adjective (OF THE VOICE) âº relating to or produced by the voice, either in singing or speaking: a piece of vocal music. The six principal roles in this opera have an average vocal range of two octaves. More examples. There was a soft nodule on my vocal cord. Her remarkable vocal range spanned three and a half octaves.
Signs that it might be time for a knee replacement: 1  Your pain persists or recurs over time. 2  Your knee aches during and after exercise. 3  Youâre no longer as mobile as youâd like to be.  Medication and using a cane arenât delivering enough 1  relief. Your knee stiffens up from sitting in a car or a movie theater.  You feel pain in rainy weather.
Patients who have knee replacement surgery are standing and moving the joint the day after surgery. After about six weeks, most patients are walking comfortably with only a little support. After muscle strength is restored, patients who have knee replacement surgery can enjoy most activities (except running and jumping). How long do total knee replacements last? When knee replacement procedures were first performed in the early 1970s, it was thought that the average total knee implant would last approximately 10 years. We now know that approximately 85 percent of the knee implants will last 20 years.