Do radiographic indices of distal radius fracture reduction predict outcomes in older adults receiving conservative treatment?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-72

  Jaremko, J L ^a   Lambert, R G W ^a   Rowe, B H ^a   Johnson, J A ^a   Majumdar, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CAST REMOVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOLOGIST; RADIUS FRACTURE; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WRIST FRACTURE;

AGED; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 34447623277     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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