Flexor Tendon Injuries in Pediatric Patients

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1549-1557

  Nietosvaara, Yrjänä ^a   Lindfors, Nina C ^a   Palmu, Sauli ^a   Rautakorpi, Sanna ^a   Ristaniemi, Nadja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

active mobilization; children; Flexor tendon; incidence; injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36749057378     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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