Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 745-755 , May 2009

A Specific Inpatient Aquatic Physiotherapy Program Improves Strength After Total Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Presented in part to the Australasian Centre on Ageing Conference, December 2, 2004, Brisbane, Australia; and the Australian Physiotherapy Association Symposium, August 27–28, 2005, Sydney, Australia.

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 Supported by The Wesley Research Institute (grant no. 2002/05).

 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.

 The Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry Trial Registration Number: ACTRN12608000354381.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.12.011

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 745-755 , May 2009

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