An evaluation device for quantifying joint stiffness in the burned hand

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 312-317

  Luster, S H ^a,b   Patterson, P E ^a,b   Cioffi, W G ^a,b   Mason, A D ^a,b   McManus, W F ^a,b   Pruitt, B A ^a,b  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND INJURY; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION;

BURNS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINGER INJURIES; HUMAN; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROCOMPUTERS; SPLINTS;

EID: 0025074835     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199007000-00008     Document Type: Article

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