Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 4 , Pages 660-666 , April 2008

Outcomes After Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing: Could We Achieve Better Function?

Presented to the British Hip Society, January 3, 2007, Leeds, England.

  • Meredith A. Newman, MSc, MCSP

      Affiliations

    • Physiotherapy Research Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Meredith A. Newman, MSc, MCSP, Physiotherapy Research Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, Windmill Rd, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LD, England
    • ,
  • Karen L. Barker, PhD, MCSP

      Affiliations

    • Physiotherapy Research Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
    • ,
  • Hemant Pandit, FRCS (Orth)

      Affiliations

    • Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
    • ,
  • David W. Murray, FRCS (Orth)

      Affiliations

    • Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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 Supported by a Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre physiotherapy research unit project grant.

 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 authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00006-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.045

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 4 , Pages 660-666 , April 2008

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