Hyperextension injury to the PIP joint or to the MP joint of the thumb - A clinical study

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-322

  Jespersen, Bo ^a,b   Nielsen, Niels Søe ^a   Bonnevie, Birgit Elise B ^a   Boeckstyns, Michel Ernest H ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Finger injury; Hyperextension trauma; Proximal interphalangeal joint; Volar plate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PHALANX; PLATE FIXATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RIGIDITY; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THUMB INJURY; ULNA;

EID: 11744356438     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319850158679     Document Type: Article

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