Restricted Active Range of Motion at the Elbow, Forearm, Wrist, or Fingers Decreases Hand Function

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 268-275

  Bland, Marghuretta D ^a   Beebe, Justin A ^a   Hardwick, Dustin D ^a   Lang, Catherine E ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; STUDENT T TEST; WRIST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47349116066     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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