Shortening of clavicle after fracture. Incidence and clinical significance, a 5-year follow-up of 85 patients

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-351

  Nordqvist, Anders ^a   Redlund Johnell, Inga ^a   Von Scheele, Agneta ^a   Petersson, Claes J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030774859     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679708996175     Document Type: Article

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