Predictors of short-term functional outcome following ankle fracture surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 974-979

  Egol, Kenneth A ^a   Tejwani, Nirmal C ^a   Walsh, Michael G ^a   Capla, Edward L ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE PAIN; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 33646460639     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00343     Document Type: Article

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