Outcome validation of the AO/OTA fracture classification system

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 534-541

  Swiontkowski, Marc F ^a   Agel, Julie ^a   McAndrew, Mark P ^b   Burgess, Andrew R ^c   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AO OTA code; Functional performance; Impairment; SIP

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LEG INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0034327856     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200011000-00003     Document Type: Article

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