Early mobilization in a removable cast compared with immobilization in a cast after operative treatment of ankle fractures: A prospective randomized study

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-19

  Vioreanu, Mihai ^a   Dudeney, Sean ^a   Hurson, Brian ^a   Kelly, Eamon ^a   O'Rourke, Kieran ^a   Quinlan, William ^a  

^a NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ankle Fractures; Early Mobilization; Postoperative Regimen; Removable Cast

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CAST REMOVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; CASTS, SURGICAL; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846242541     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2007.0003     Document Type: Article

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