Value of dynamic splinting after replacement of the metacarpophalangeal joint in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-116

  Thomsen, Niels O B ^a,b   Boeckstyns, Michel E H ^a   Leth Espensen, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Metacarpophalangeal joints; Rheumatoid arthritis; Silicone arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLINTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; HUMANS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037270080     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310310005658     Document Type: Article

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