Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 3 , Pages 361-367 , March 2007

Recovery of Gait After Short-Stay Total Hip Arthroplasty

  • Inge van den Akker-Scheek, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Inge van den Akker-Scheek, MSc, Dept of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Martin Stevens, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Sjoerd K. Bulstra, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Johan W. Groothoff, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Jim R. van Horn, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Wiebren Zijlstra, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

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 Supported by the University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)01534-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.11.026

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 3 , Pages 361-367 , March 2007

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