Outcomes of open arthrolysis of the elbow without post-operative passive stretching

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 348-352

  Higgs, Z C J ^a   Danks, B A ^a   Sibinski, M ^a,b   Rymaszewski, L A ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTHROLYSIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND SCORE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; JOINT STIFFNESS; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRETCHING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; CONTRACTURE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857858376     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B3.27278     Document Type: Article

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