Rehabilitation of flexor tendon injuries of the hand

Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-19

  Çetin, Alp ^a,b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Exercise; Flexor tendon; Hand; Injury; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND INJURY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; STRESS; TENDON; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038532527     PISSN: 08962960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevPhysRehabilMed.v15.i1.10     Document Type: Review

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