Functional evaluation after primary flexor tendon repair in zone II

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 252-256

  Galanakis, Ioannis ^a   Aligizakis, Agisilaos ^a   Katonis, Pavlos ^a   Vavouranakis, Haris ^a   Stergiopoulos, Kostantinos ^a   Hadjipavlou, Alexandros ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION; SPLINTING; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 0038012477     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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