Physical functioning four years after total hip and knee arthroplasty
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Self-report and performance-based measures of physical functioning in people before and after total hip arthroplasty seem to present different information. The relationship between these different measures is not well understood, and little information is available about changes in this relationship over time. The aims of this study were: (1) to determine the relationship...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gait & Posture
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0966-6362
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.12.007