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Total Joint Replacement Rehab Trends

More total joint arthroplasties are being performed as outpatient surgery. Here's how it impacts rehab, what has changed, and more.

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Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Author: Michele Wojciechowski

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Alisa Curry, PT, DPT, coordinator of rehab clinical programs at Washington Hospital Healthcare System in Fremont, California, has been treating patients who have had total joint arthroplasty, or TJA, since 1997. But her current plan of care is anything but the same.

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Date: August 1, 2023
Contact:  aptamag@apta.org
Content Type:  Feature

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Michele Wojciechowski

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