Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 10 , Pages 1873-1879 , October 2008

Evidence of Beneficial Effect of Physical Therapy After Lower-Extremity Trauma

Presented to the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June 26–28, 2005, Boston, MA.

  • Renan C. Castillo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Renan C. Castillo, PhD, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Room 544, Baltimore, MD 21205
    • ,
  • Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Kristin R. Archer, PT, MS, DPT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Michael J. Bosse, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
    • ,
  • Lawrence X. Webb, MD

      Affiliations

    • the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
    • ,
  • for the LEAP Study Group

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 Supported by the National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health (grant no. RO1-AR42659).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.032

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 10 , Pages 1873-1879 , October 2008

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