Control of Separation in Sternal Instability by Supportive Devices: A Comparison of an Adjustable Fastening Brace, Compression Garment, and Sports Tape

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1775-1781

  El Ansary, Doa ^a,b   Waddington, Gordon ^c   Adams, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Postoperative care; Postoperative complications; Rehabilitation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADJUSTABLE FASTENING BRACE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPRESSION GARMENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; SPORTS TAPE; STERNAL INSTABILITY; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TAPE; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BANDAGES; BRACES; CLOTHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STERNUM;

EID: 50149104005     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.025     Document Type: Article

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