Diagnosis and Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Noyes' Knee Disorders: Surgery, Rehabilitation, Clinical Outcomes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1116-1133

  Saxton, David L ^a   Lindenfeld, Thomas ^b,c,d   Noyes, Frank R ^d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Biomedical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d Cincinnati SportsMedicine Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^e Cincinnati Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g University of Cincinnati   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-5474-0.00043-6     Document Type: Chapter

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