Quality-of-life improvement compared after hip and knee replacement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-77

  Norman Taylor, F H ^a,b   Palmer, C R ^a,c   Villar, R N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0030052442     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b1.0780074     Document Type: Article

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