Isolated Ulnar Shaft Fractures Treated with Functional Braces

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 420-424

  Sarmiento, Augusto ^a,b,c   Latta, Loren L ^a   Zych, Gregory ^a   McKeever, Patricia ^b   Zagorski, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Arthr/Joint Replacement Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearm fractures; Fracture bracing; Ulnar shaft fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRACE; COST; ECONOMICS; ELBOW; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PRONATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0032135054     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199808000-00009     Document Type: Article

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