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Letter to the Editor: Do Activity Levels Increase After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty?

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  1. Institute of Sports Science, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Ammerländer Heerstr 114-118, 26129, Oldenburg, Germany

    Mirko Brandes PhD

  2. Motion Analysis Laboratory, Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

    Dieter Rosenbaum PhD

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(RE: Harding P, Holland AE, Delany C, Hinman RS. Do activity levels increase after total hip and knee arthroplasty? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014;472:1502–1511.)

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Brandes, M., Rosenbaum, D. Letter to the Editor: Do Activity Levels Increase After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty?. Clin Orthop Relat Res 472, 2889–2890 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3742-3

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