Physiotherapy After Volar Plating of Wrist Fractures Is Effective Using a Home Exercise Program

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 537-544

  Krischak, Gert D ^a   Krasteva, Anna ^a   Schneider, Florian ^b   Gulkin, Daniel ^a   Gebhard, Florian ^a   Kramer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b School of Physiotherapy   (Germany)

Author keywords

bone; Fractures; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; WRIST FRACTURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SELF CARE; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 63549103611     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.09.575     Document Type: Article

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