Quadriceps weakness in knee osteoarthritis: the effect on pain and disability.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on October 01, 1998

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S C O'Reilly1, A Jones, K R Muir, M Doherty

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1: Rheumatology Unit, City Hospital, Nottingham.

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