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Athletic activity after total joint replacement.

Mathew A Nicholls·Jeffrey B Selby·James M Hartford
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Total hip and knee replacement surgery is a successful treatment for the arthritic hip and knee ensuring proven pain relief and return of function. Younger, more active patients who have greater expectations and higher demands are receiving hip and knee replacements. With current surgical techniques and implant designs, athletic participation should be limited to low impact, low demand, and low duration activity. Future advancesin bearing surfaces may allow for higher demand activities.

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Mathew A Nicholls, Jeffrey B Selby, James M Hartford. 2002. Athletic activity after total joint replacement.. https://doi.org/10.3928/0147-7447-20021101-22

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