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Patients with muscle and joint pain are often at least as well served by seeing a physiotherapist as by consulting a doctor when they seek help at a primary health care centre. Over time, the health benefits of first going to a physiotherapist appear slightly superior, new research shows. In Sweden, primary care services sometimes have […]
An Easier Route to Better Hip Replacement Outcomes Preoperative Assessment of Functional Capacity May Inform Better Surgical Preparation Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine report that a preoperative assessment of routine functional status may be a simple means to predict postoperative outcomes for patients with hip joint osteoarthritis who undergo hip replacement surgery. This information could […]
