Aberdeen Colles' fracture brace as a treatment for Colles' fracture

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-82

  Tumia, N ^a   Wardlaw, D ^b   Hallett, J ^c   Deutman, R ^d   Mattsson, S A ^e   Sanden B ^f  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Deparment of Orthopaedics   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLES FRACTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WRIST DISLOCATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACES; CASTS, SURGICAL; COLLES' FRACTURE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037275562     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B1.12468     Document Type: Review

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