Scaphoid fracture displacement with forearm rotation in a short-arm thumb spica cast

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 984-991

  Kaneshiro, Steven A ^a   Failla, Joseph M ^a   Tashman, Scott ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cast treatment; Kinematics; Motion analysis; Scaphoid fracture

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINESIOLOGY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY;

EID: 0032853522     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.1999.0984     Document Type: Article

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