Osteoarthritis of the knee or hip significantly impairs driving ability (cross-sectional survey)
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Osteoarthritis of the knee or hip significantly impairs driving ability (cross-sectional survey)
BACKGROUND Advising patients about when they can drive after surgery is common practice after arthroplasty of the knee or hip. In the literature, the preoperative braking performance values of the patients are frequently taken as the "safe" landmark. We hypothesised that osteoarthritis (OA), the most frequent reason for arthroplasty, already compromises the ability to perform an emergency stop....
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-20