Anabolic steroids in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty
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Anabolic steroids in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty
OBJECTIVES To systematically review the evidence for using anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) to aid rehabilitation following total knee replacement (TKR). DESIGN Systematic review of all clinical study designs. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library were searched from inception to August 2012. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA All clinical study designs without language o...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Open
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2044-6055,2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001435