Open elbow arthrolysis for post-traumatic elbow contracture

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Nobuta, Shingo ^a   Sato, Katsumi ^a   Kasama, Fumio ^a   Hatori, Masahito ^b   Itoi, Eiji ^b  

^a TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 48949097589     PISSN: 03009734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000-1967-217     Document Type: Article

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