Splinting for elbow injuries and contractures

Atlas of Hand Clinics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-50

  Blackmore, S M ^a  

^a Philadelphia Hand Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELBOW INJURY; EXPERIENCE; FORCE; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; SPLINT; SPLINTING; TISSUE REACTION;

EID: 0035169931     PISSN: 10823131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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