A qualitative approach to recovery after open tibial fracture: The road to a novel, patient-derived recovery scale

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1071-1078

  Trickett, R W ^a   Mudge, Elizabeth ^b   Price, Patricia ^c   Pallister, Ian ^d  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Open tibial fracture; Outcome score; Qualitative; Quality of life; Recovery; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DIET; EMPLOYMENT; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN TIBIAL FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DERIVED RECOVERY SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862883902     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.01.027     Document Type: Article

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