Quality of life after volar plate fixation of articular fractures of the distal part of the radius

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1170-1178

  Gruber, Gerald ^a   Zacherl, Max ^a   Giessauf, Christian ^b   Glehr, Mathias ^a   Fuerst, Florentine ^a   Liebmann, Walter ^c   Gruber, Karl ^b   Bernhardt, Gerwin Alexander ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Department of Surgery   (Austria)

^c District Hospital of Feldbach   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; AGED; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; HAND STRENGTH; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 77952513156     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00737     Document Type: Article

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