Three Practical Methods for Estimating Preoperative Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Patients With Severe Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis: A Cross‐Sectional Study
These simple, practical, cost-effective tools have utility for estimating preoperative fitness to rule out low fitness. These tools could be used by perioperative clinicians for identifying patients who may not require preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing, thereby optimizing resource allocation.
Authors
- Kate N. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1565-9169)
- David Gwynne‐Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8484-614X)
- Holly A. Campbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0024-5433)
- B. Roxburgh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7178-3239)
- Michael Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4822-4962)
- Ulla Reymann
- James David Cotter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6014-9865)
Institutions
- Dunedin Public Hospital (NZ)
- Southern District Health Board (NZ)
- University of Otago (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arthritis Care & Research
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25703
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Otago
- Health Research Council of New Zealand