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Rehabilitation Management Following Knee Replacement

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The knee joint has 3 degrees of freedom [1]:

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  1. Physical Rehabilitation, Gaetano Pini – CTO Orthopedic Institute, Milan, Italy

    Maurizio Lopresti

  2. Complex Operative Unit, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiatry and Rehabilitation Department, Gaetano Pini CTO Hospital, Milan, MI, Italy

    N. Ligabue

  3. Complex Operative Unit, Neurological, Sub-Intensive, Orthopedic-Vascular, General Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Medicine and Rehabilitation, G. Salvini Hospital, Garbagnate Milanese, Italy

    Valentina Gariboldi

  4. Rehabilitation Department, Gaetano Pini – CTO Orthopedic Institute, Milano, Italy

    Lorenzo Panella

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    Lorenzo Panella

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Lopresti, M., Ligabue, N., Gariboldi, V., Panella, L. (2021). Rehabilitation Management Following Knee Replacement. In: Lopresti, M., Panella, L. (eds) Rehabilitation After Limb Salvage Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66352-0_10

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