The practice of traditional bonesetting: Training algorithm

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2392-2398

  Omololu, A B ^a   Ogunlade, S O ^a   Gopaldasani, V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BONESETTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GANGRENE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEG COMPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ALGORITHM; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMPUTATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; OPEN FRACTURE; PATHOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SPLINT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AMPUTATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; NIGERIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES; SPLINTS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 52649165211     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0371-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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