Dynamic Splint for the Treatment of Stiff Elbow

Shoulder and Elbow

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-55

  Gallucci, Gerardo L ^a   Boretto, Jorge G ^a   Dávalos, María A ^a   Donndorff, Agustín ^a   Alfie, Verónica A ^a   De Carli, Pablo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

dynamic splint; Elbow contracture; elbow splint; elbow stiffness; elbow trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865103228     PISSN: 17585732     EISSN: 17585740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5740.2010.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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