Use of the dual force system to correct chronic knee deformities due to severe haemophilia

Haemophilia

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 177-180

  Kale, J S ^a   Ghosh, K ^a   Mohanty, D ^a   Pathare, A V ^a   Jijina, F ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Dual force system; Haemophilia; Knee deformity; Modified Barthel Index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TECHNIQUE; TRACTION THERAPY; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEMARTHROSIS; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TRACTION;

EID: 0034106617     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.2000.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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