Nicola Maffulli MD, MS,
PhD, FRCS(Orth)
Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary
Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Aberdeen Medical School
Foresterhill, Aberdeen, SCOTLAND
Published in the Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint
Diseases.
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