The pronator quadratus muscle after plating of distal radius fractures: Is the muscle still working?

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 335-339

  Armangil, Mehmet ^a   Bezirgan, Uǧur ^b   Başarir, Kerem ^a   Bilen, Galip ^a   Demirtaş, Mehmet ^a   Bilgin, Sirri Sinan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Diyarbakir State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; Distal radius fracture; Muscle function; ORIF; Plate osteosynthesis; Pronator quadratus; Surgery outcome; Volar approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GARTLAND WERLEY SCORE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONATOR QUADRATUS MUSCLE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RATING SCALE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPLINT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TORQUE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRONATION; RADIUS; TORQUE;

EID: 84897423053     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-013-1193-2     Document Type: Article

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