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Original Articles

Moderate varus/valgus malalignment after total knee arthroplasty has little effect on knee function or muscle strength

91 patients assessed after 1 year

Justinas StucinskasDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, LithuaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Otto RobertssonDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University and Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.Correspondence[email protected]
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Aurimas SirkaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, LithuaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Aleksej LebedevDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, LithuaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hans WingstrandDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University and Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.Correspondence[email protected]
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Sarunas TaraseviciusDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, LithuaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 728-733 | Published online: 10 Jun 2015

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