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Effectiveness of prolonged use of continuous passive motion (CPM), as an adjunct to physiotherapy, after total knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Adequate and intensive rehabilitation is an important requirement for successful total knee arthroplasty. Although research suggests that Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) should be implemented in the first rehabilitation phase after surgery, there is substantial debate about the duration...

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Autores principales: Lenssen, Ton AF, van Steyn, Mike JA, Crijns, Yvonne HF, Waltjé, Eddie MH, Roox, George M, Geesink, Ruud JT, Brandt, Piet A van den, De Bie, Rob A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18442423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-9-60