The longer term functional impact of a traumatic hand injury on people living in a regional metropolitan Australian location

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 370-381

  Bell, Joanna ^a   Gray, Marion ^a   Kingston, Gail ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Hand rehabilitation; Hand trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868664934     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2011.18.7.370     Document Type: Article

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