A Wii virtual activity severe thumb metacarpal injury

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Galanopoulos, Ilias ^a   Garlapati, Anand Kumar ^a   Ashwood, Neil ^a   Kitsis, Christos ^a  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX ROLANDO FRACTURE OF THE THUMB METACARPAL; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; THUMB INJURY;

EID: 84872136820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006967     Document Type: Article

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