Outcome after closed functional treatment of humeral shaft fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 591-596

  Ekholm, Radford ^a   Tidermark, Jan ^a   Törnkvist, Hans ^a   Adami, Johanna ^b   Ponzer, Sari ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Humeral fracture; Quality of life; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS SHAFT FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750724124     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000246466.01287.04     Document Type: Article

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