Quality of life after severe hand injury

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1495-1502

  Kovacs, L ^a   Grob, M ^a   Zimmermann, A ^a   Eder, M ^a   Herschbach, P ^a   Henrich, G ^a   Zimmer, R ^a   Biemer, E ^b   Papadopulos, N A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Clinic Plastic Surgery Munich   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Hand injury; Hand injury severity scoring system; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054749702     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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