Custom-Made Splint Treatment for Osteoarthritis of the Distal Interphalangeal Joints

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 589-593

  Ikeda, Masayoshi ^a   Ishii, Takayuki ^a   Kobayashi, Yuka ^a   Mochida, Joji ^a   Saito, Ikuo ^a   Oka, Yoshinori ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY HACHIOJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; DIP joint; Heberden's node; osteoarthritis; splint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; QUICK DISABILITIES OF THE ARM,SHOULDER AND HAND SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLINTING; SYMPTOM; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPLINTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949887546     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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