Treatment of distal radius fractures with a wrist-bridging external fixation: The value of alternating electric current stimulation

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 605-608

  Itoh, Soichiro ^a,b,c,d,e   Ohta, T ^a,b,c,d   Sekino, Y ^a,b,c,d   Yukawa, Y ^a,b,c,d   Shinomiya, K ^a,b,c,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kawakita General Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Chemotherapy Institute Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternating electric current stimulation; Distal radius fracture; Intraarticular fracture; Wrist bridging external fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CALLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; OSSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BONY CALLUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55949112500     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193408092253     Document Type: Article

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