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Validation of an advanced practice physiotherapy model of care in an orthopaedic outpatient clinic

François Desmeules, Panagiota Toliopoulos, Jean‐Sébastien Roy, Linda J. Woodhouse, Marc Lacelle, Manon Leroux, Steven Girard, Debbie Ehrmann Feldman, Julio Fernandes

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders · 2013 · 113 citations · 18 references

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The diagnoses and triage recommendations for patients with hip and knee disorders made by the APP were similar to the orthopaedic surgeons. These results provide evidence supporting the APP model for orthopaedic care.

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