Accelerated rehabilitation compared with a standard protocol after distal radial fractures treated with volar open reduction and internal fixation: A prospective, randomized, controlled study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 96, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1621-1630

  Brehmer, Jess L ^a   Husband, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REOPERATION; TENDON TRANSFER; VOLAR PLATE; WRIST; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84907501040     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.00860     Document Type: Article

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