Hand injuries in rock climbing

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1859-1861

  Merritt, Andrew L ^a   Huang, Jerry I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIPHYSIS INJURY; FINGER INJURY; FINGER JOINT; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HAND GRIP; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; KINESIOTHERAPY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; PULLEY INJURY; ROCK CLIMBING; SPLINTING; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RUPTURE; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 80055058713     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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