Common forearm fractures in adults

American Family Physician

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1096-1102

  Black, W Scott ^a   Becker, Jonathan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSULTATION; EXERCISE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MOBILIZATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OPEN FRACTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTECTION; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; REST; REVIEW; ULNA FRACTURE;

EID: 73249123922     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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