Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2373-2374 , December 2008

Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Osteoarthritic Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty

  • Anna Labuda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Henderson General Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Anna Labuda, MD, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Henderson General Hospital, 711 Concession St, Hamilton, ON, L8V 1C3, Canada
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  • Alexandra Papaioannou, MD, FRCP(C)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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  • Janet Pritchard, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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  • Courtney Kennedy, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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  • Justin DeBeer, MD, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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  • Jonathan D. Adachi, MD, FRCP(C)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada

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 Supported by the Hamilton Health Sciences.

 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.

 Published online November 1, 2008 at www.archives-pmr.org.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00837-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.007

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2373-2374 , December 2008

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