NeuFlex compared with Sutter prostheses: A blind, prospective, randomised comparison of Silastic metacarpophalangeal joint prostheses

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 284-290

  Pettersson, Kurt ^a   Wagnsjö, Peter ^b   Hulin, Erik ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

MCP joint prostheses; Silicone implants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, FINGER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750473754     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310600940612     Document Type: Article

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