Return to work and work activity limitations following total hip and knee replacement
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Factors influencing return to work after hip and knee replacement.
BACKGROUND Return to employment is one of the key goals of joint replacement surgery in the working-age population. There is limited quantitative and qualitative research focusing on return to work after hip and knee replacement. It remains unclear why certain groups of patients are not able to achieve sufficient functional improvement to allow productive return to work while others can. Very l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1063-4584
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.02.534