A new dynamic guiding splint assisting the active mobilisation after flexor tendon repair;Aktive bewegungstherapie nach beugesehnennahten mittels einer neuen dynamischen fuhrungsschiene

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 312-316

  Santha E ^a,b   Szarvas, J ^a   Szabo L ^a   Repesy Gy ^a  

^a Abt F Unfallchirurgie H   (Hungary)

^b IV Belgyógyászat és Molekuláris Diagnosztikai Laboratórium   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Active mobilisation; Dynamic splint; Finger: flexor tendon; Tendon repair

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMIC SPLINT; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; SPLINTING; SURGICAL APPROACH; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINGER INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPLINT; TENDON INJURY; WRIST;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPLINTS; TENDON INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0032153416     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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