A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Immediate Active Motion With Immobilization After Tendon Transfer for Claw Deformity

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Rath, Santosh ^a   Selles, Ruud W ^a   Schreuders, Ton A R ^a   Stam, Henk J ^a   Hovius, Steven E R ^a  

^a HOINA   (India)

Author keywords

Claw deformity correction; immediate active motion protocol; postoperative morbidity; reeducation of tendon transfer; Zancolli's lasso procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLAW HAND DEFORMITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MALFORMATION; HAND STRENGTH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SWELLING; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 61349135491     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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