Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 58-61.e4 , January 2008

Return to Activity After Knee Arthroscopy

  • James H. Lubowitz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Taos Orthopaedic Institute Research Foundation, Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprints requests to James H. Lubowitz, M.D., 1219-A Gusdorf Rd, Taos, NM 87571, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Myna Ayala, S.T.

      Affiliations

    • Taos Orthopaedic Institute Research Foundation, Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • David Appleby, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Smith & Nephew, Andover, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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 The authors have a financial relationship (grant funding, consultant, or employee) with Smith & Nephew, Andover, Massachusetts, related to the topic of this manuscript.

 

Note: To access the supplementary tables accompanying this report, visit the January issue of Arthroscopy at www.arthroscopyjournal.org.

PII: S0749-8063(07)00746-3

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.07.026

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 58-61.e4 , January 2008

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