Functional Outcome Analysis of Operatively Treated Malleolar Fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 106-109

  Belcher, Gregory L ^a   Radomisli, Timothy E ^a   Abate, Joseph A ^a   Stabile, Louis A ^a   Trafton, Peter G ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional outcome analysis; Malleolar fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TARSAL BONE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TARSAL BONES;

EID: 0031067305     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199702000-00007     Document Type: Article

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