Factors that influence the duration of splint wear in peripheral nerve lesions

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-95

  Paternostro Sluga, Tatjana ^a   Keilani, Mohammed ^a   Posch, Martin ^b   Fialka Moser, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Nerve Lesion; Palsy; Questionnaire; Splint

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SPLINT WEARS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE LESION; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL NERVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLINT; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPLINTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037302106     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200302000-00002     Document Type: Article

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