Closed reduction of Colles fractures: Comparison of manual manipulation and finger-trap traction - A prospective, randomized study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 354-358

  Earnshaw, S A ^a   Aladin, A ^a   Surendran, S ^a   Moran, C G ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLES FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER TRAP TRACTION; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLES' FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036518386     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200203000-00004     Document Type: Article

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