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Does aquatic exercise reduce hip and knee joint loading? In vivo load measurements with instrumented implants

Aquatic exercises are widely used for rehabilitation or preventive therapies in order to enable mobilization and muscle strengthening while minimizing joint loading of the lower limb. The load reducing effect of water due to buoyancy is a main advantage compared to exercises on land. However, also d...

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Autores principales: Kutzner, Ines, Richter, Anja, Gordt, Katharina, Dymke, Jörn, Damm, Philipp, Duda, Georg N., Günzl, Reiner, Bergmann, Georg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5358747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28319145
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171972