A PROTOCOL FOR PERMISSIVE WEIGHT-BEARING DURING ALLIED HEALTH THERAPY IN SURGICALLY TREATED FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS AND LOWER EXTREMITIES

A protocol for permissive weight-bearing during allied health therapy in surgically treated fractures of the pelvis and lower extremities

Objective: To optimize rapid clinical recovery and restoration of function and functionality, permissive weight-bearing has been designed as a new aftercare mobilization regimen, within the upper boundary of the therapeutic bandwidth, yet safe enough to avoid overloading.The aim of the present paper is to describe a comprehensive protocol for permi

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Inter and intrapatient evolution of hepatitis C virus

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has a short replication time, high mutation rates and large population sizes, all of which make it an excellent experimental model for evolution studies, because evolution can be visualized in real-time.In this review, we discuss the implications to study HCV evolution at the interpatient and intrapatient levels dale duby ob

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