Rehabilitation after total femur replacement: A report of 2 cases

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1080-1084

  Katrak, Pesi ^a,b   O'Connor, Bridget ^a   Woodgate, Ian ^a  

^a St Luke's Hospital   (Australia)

^b PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Case report; Femoral neoplasms; Femur; Rehabilitation; Replacement

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; JOINT STABILITY; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS; SKELETON TRACTION; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL FEMUR REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0037817551     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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