Early mobilisation for minimally displaced radial head fractures is desirable - A prospective randomised study of two protocols

Injury

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 801-806

  Liow, R Y L ^a   Cregan, A ^a   Nanda, R ^a   Montgomery, R J ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIARAGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELBOW JOINT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036837334     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00164-X     Document Type: Article

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