Five-year functional outcome analysis of ankle fracture fixation

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1308-1312

  Shah, N H ^a   Sundaram, R O ^a   Velusamy, A ^a   Braithwaite, I J ^a  

^a Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle fractures; Functional outcome; Olerud Molander Ankle Score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORTING EVENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748959691     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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