Articular Contracture of the Knee

Musculoskeletal Aspects of Haemophilia

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 112-120

  Rodriguez Merchan, E C ^a,b   Blanco, M ^b   Lopez Cabarcos, C ^b   Villar, A ^b  

^a Service of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Articular contracture; Decision making; Haemophiliacs; Knee; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011719839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693872.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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