Efficiency of immediate postoperative inpatient physical therapy following total knee arthroplasty: An RCT

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lenssen, Anton F ^a   Crijns, Yvonne H F ^a   Waltjé, Eddie M H ^a   Van Steyn, Mike J A ^a   Geesink, Ruud J T ^a   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^b   De Bie, Rob A ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749237684     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-71     Document Type: Article

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