The impact of clinical data on the evaluation of tibial fracture healing

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dijkman, Bernadette G ^a   Busse, Jason W ^a,b   Walter, Stephen D ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TIBIA FRACTURE; WORK; X RAY FILM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84855579270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-237     Document Type: Article

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