Functional and quality-of-life results of displaced and nondisplaced proximal humeral fractures treated conservatively

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 581-587

  Torrens, Carlos ^a   Corrales, Monica ^a   Vilà, Gemma ^a   Santana, Fernando ^a   Cáceres, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

conservative treatment; fracture; osteoporosis; outcome; proximal humerus; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EUROQOL 5D; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052902934     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318210ed2f     Document Type: Article

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