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Short hospital stay augmented with education and home-based rehabilitation improves function and quality of life after hip replacement

Randomized study of 50 patients with 6 months of follow-up

Kristin Siggeirsdottir Icelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari, 1, 201, Kopavogur; Janus Rehabilitation, Vorduskola v/Egilsgotu, ReykjavikCorrespondence[email protected]
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Örn Olafsson Statistics Unit, Landspitalinn University Hospital, Reykjavik
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Halldor Jonsson Jr. Departments of Orthopedics, Landspitalinn University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Susanne Iwarsson Departments of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Occupational Therapy, Lund University
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Vilmundur Gudnason Icelandic Heart Association, Holtasmari, 1, 201, Kopavogur
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Brynjolfur Y Jonsson Departments of Orthopedics, University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
Pages 555-562 | Received 28 Mar 2004, Accepted 22 Oct 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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