The use of cryotherapy after a total knee replacement: A literature review

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-36

  Markert, Summer E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; PAIN;

EID: 79951636645     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NOR.0b013e318205749a     Document Type: Article

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