Management of simple elbow dislocations: Does the period of immobilization affect the eventual results?

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 384, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 294-297

  Schippinger, G ^a   Seibert, F J ^a   Steinbock J ^a   Kucharczyk, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Elbow dislocation; Functional immobilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELBOW DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPLINTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032989642     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230050206     Document Type: Article

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