Management of a patient with lacerations of the tendons of the extensor digitorum and extensor indicis muscles to the index finger

Physical Therapy

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-67

  Flowers, Kenneth R ^b   McClure, Philip W ^b   McFadden, Christine ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Immobilization; Joints; Metacarpophalangeal joint; Muscle; Tendon injuries; Upper extremity, hand and wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; LACERATION; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SPLINT; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030022689     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/76.1.61     Document Type: Article

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