A randomized, controlled trial of removable splinting versus casting for wrist buckle fractures in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 691-697

  Plint, Amy C ^a,b   Perry, Jeffrey J ^a   Correll, Rhonda ^a   Gaboury, Isabelle ^b   Lawton, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Fracture; Radius; Treatment; Ulna

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAST REMOVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SPLINTING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLASTER CAST; SPLINT; WRIST INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPLINTS; ULNA FRACTURES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 33645024230     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0801     Document Type: Article

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