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Hip and knee arthroplasty

Pain threshold correlates with functional scores in osteoarthritis patients

Benita KuniClinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Haili WangClinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Markus RickertClinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Volker EwerbeckClinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marcus SchiltenwolfClinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 215-219 | Received 27 Jan 2013, Accepted 18 Aug 2014, Published online: 17 Oct 2014

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