Dash and sollerman test scores after hand injury from powered wood splitters

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-61

  Lindqvist, A ^a   Hjalmarsson, M ^a   Nilsson, O ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer product related injury; Log splitter; Occupational injury; Screw splitter; Sgricultural injury; Wedge splitter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND INJURY; HAND STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; THUMB; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; WOOD;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOOD; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952850633     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193410381820     Document Type: Article

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