Hand splints in rehabilitation

Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 233-256

  Paternostro Sluga, Tatjana ^a   Stieger, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hand splints; Rehabilitation; Review

Indexed keywords

BURN; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; DYNAMIC SPLINT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND SURGERY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPLINT; STROKE; TENDON DISEASE; TENOSYNOVITIS; WRIST;

EID: 20144384295     PISSN: 08962960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevPhysRehabilMed.v16.i4.10     Document Type: Review

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