Forearm and Elbow Injury: The Influence of Rotational Position

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2403-2409

  McGinley, Joseph C ^a   Hopgood, Brendon C ^d   Gaughan, John P ^b   Sadeghipour, Keyanoush ^c   Kozin, Scott H ^e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Temple University   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CADAVER; ELBOW INJURY; ESSEX LOPRESTI FRACTURE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; ROTATION; ULNA FRACTURE;

EID: 0344198031     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200312000-00019     Document Type: Article

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