Patients with hip resurfacing arthroplasty are not physically more active than those with a stemmed total hip

Background and purpose — Hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) was designed for the highly active patient because of the various theoretical advantages compared with stemmed total hip arthroplasty (THA), but has shown high failure rates. Physical activity (PA) after arthroplasty is frequently determine...

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Main Authors: Jetse Jelsma, Martijn G M Schotanus, Ivo T A F Buil, Sander M J van Kuijk, Ide C Heyligers, Bernd Grimm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-09-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2020.1771652