A descriptive study on wrist and hand sensori-motor impairment and function following distal radius fracture intervention

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 204-215

  Karagiannopoulos, Christos ^a   Sitler, Michael ^b   Michlovitz, Susan ^c   Tierney, Ryan ^b  

^a OrthopediCare Clinic   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cayuga Hand Therapy PT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Impairment; Sensori motor; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PATIENT RATED WRIST EVALUATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RADIUS FRACTURE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR IMPAIRMENT; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

FRACTURE; IMPAIRMENT; SENSORI-MOTOR; WRIST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRALGIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; RADIUS FRACTURES; TOUCH; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84880394777     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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