Management of a Patient with a Forearm Fracture and Median Nerve Injury

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 47-56

  Schmitt, Laura C ^a   Schmitt, Laura A ^a   Rudolph, Katherine S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior interosseus nerve; Neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Thumb; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FOREARM FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; THENAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1342309541     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2004.34.2.47     Document Type: Article

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