Hip Replacement

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Questions and Answers about Hip Replacement (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

• Overviews
• Hip Replacement (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Total Hip Replacement (Arthritis Foundation) - requires shockwave plug-in
• Total Hip Replacement: Relieve Pain, Improve Mobility (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Pictures/Diagrams
• Total Hip (Food and Drug Administration)

• Rehabilitation
• Activities After a Hip Replacement (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Daily Activities After Hip Replacment Surgery (American Occupational Therapy Association)
• Hip Replacement - Physical Therapy (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Total Hip Replacement Exercise Guide (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

• Related Issues
• Anesthesia for Hip and Knee Surgery (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

• Research
• Scientists Identify Two Key Risk Factors for Hip Replacement in Women (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Team Care by Hospitalists with Surgeons after Hip or Knee Surgery (American College of Physicians)

• Directories
• AAHKS Doctor Locator (American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons)
• Find a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
• Find an Orthopaedist (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

• Organizations
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  Also available in: Spanish