Functional treatment and early weightbearing after an ankle fracture: A prospective study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-114

  Simanski, Christian J P ^a   Maegele, Marc G ^a   Lefering, Rolf ^a   Lehnen, Dirk M ^a   Kawel, Nadine ^a   Riess, Peter ^a   Yücel, Nedim ^a   Tiling, Thomas ^a   Bouillon, Bertil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Follow up; Olerud Tegner score; Prospective study; Weightbearing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBULA; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MOBILIZATION; MOTIVATION; OLERUD SCORE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEGNER SCORE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT BEARING; ANKLE INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; EARLY AMBULATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33744467749     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000197701.96954.8c     Document Type: Article

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