A comparison of two rehabilitation protocols after total knee arthroplasty: Does flexion affect mobility and blood loss?

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-10

  Gildone, A ^a   Punginelli, B ^a   Manfredini, M ^a   Artioli, A ^a   Faccini, R ^a  

^a Del Delta Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Knee arthroplasty; Postoperative flexion

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33947237909     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-007-0154-0     Document Type: Article

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