Surgery vs orthosis vs watchful waiting for hallux valgus: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 2474-2480

  Torkki, Markus ^a,b   Malmivaara, Antti ^c,e   Seitsalo, Seppo ^a,e   Hoikka, Veijo ^d   Laippala, Pekka ^f,g   Paavolainen, Pekka ^a  

^a JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d Mehilainen Oy   (Finland)

^e ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^g TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035897703     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.19.2474     Document Type: Article

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