Age affects the perception of limb length discrepancy in patients with and without a total hip arthroplasty

HIP International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 249-253

  Gonzalez Della Valle A ^a   Zoppi, A ^b   Peterson, M G E ^a   Salvati, E A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Velletri General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Limb length discrepancy; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC DISEASE; PERCEPTION; SHOE; SIMULATION; SPINE MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WALKING;

EID: 12444269105     PISSN: 11207000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112070000401400407     Document Type: Article

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