Golf after total knee arthroplasty: Do patients return to walking the course?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2201-2204

  Jackson, Jeffrey D ^a   Smith, Jay ^a   Shah, Jay P ^a   Wisniewski, Stephen J ^a   Dahm, Diane L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Arthroplasty; Exercise; Golf; Knee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WALKING;

EID: 70649086046     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509339009     Document Type: Article

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