Mobilization brace in post-traumatic elbow stiffness

Musculoskeletal Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue SUPP, 2010, Pages

  Marinelli, Alessandro ^a   Bettelli, Graziano ^a   Guerra, Enrico ^a   Nigrisoli, Marco ^a   Rotini, Roberto ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brace; Contracture; Elbow; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BRACE; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE;

ADULT; BRACES; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 77955935557     PISSN: 20355106     EISSN: 20355114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12306-010-0068-5     Document Type: Article

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