Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 10 , Pages 1658-1667 , October 2009

Early Maximal Strength Training Is an Efficient Treatment for Patients Operated With Total Hip Arthroplasty

  • Vigdis S. Husby, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Education and Social Work, Sør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway
    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • Department of Orthopaedics, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Vigdis S. Husby, MSc, Sør-Trøndelag University College, Ranheimsveien 10, NO-7004, Trondheim, Norway
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  • Jan Helgerud, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • Hokksund Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Hokksund, Norway
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  • Siri Bjørgen, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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  • Otto S. Husby, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Education and Social Work, Sør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway
    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • Department of Orthopaedics, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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  • Pål Benum, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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  • Jan Hoff, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Olav‘s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

 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.

 Clinical Trials ID: 00638417.

PII: S0003-9993(09)00400-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.04.018

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 10 , Pages 1658-1667 , October 2009