The effect of smoking on post-operative finger range of motion in patients with tendon grafts

In Vivo

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 697-702

  Justan, Ivan ^a,b   Ovesná, Petra ^c   Kubek, Tomáš ^a   Hýža, Petr ^a   Stupka, Igor ^a   Dvořák, Zdeněk ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b SurGal Clinic   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Finger range of motion; Flexor tendon; Hand; Smoking; Tendon graft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 79960625917     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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