The effectiveness of physiotherapy after operative treatment of supracondylar humeral fractures in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 314-316

  Keppler, Peter ^a   Salem, Khaled ^b   Schwarting, Birte ^a   Kinzl, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Elbow stiffness; Physiotherapy; Range of motion; Supracondylar humeral fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; JOINT LIMITATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17844378939     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000153879.05314.d8     Document Type: Article

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