Rehabilitation for ankle fractures in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Lin, Chung Wei Christine ^a   Moseley, Anne M ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; BANDAGE; BRACE; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EMBASE; EXERCISE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDLINE; ORTHOSIS; PAIN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPLINT; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 55049095880     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005595.pub2     Document Type: Review

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