Knee flexion contracture in haemophilia: Treatment with circular external fixator

Haemophilia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 879-883

  Balci, Halil Ibrahim ^a   Kocaoglu, M ^b   Eralp, L ^a   Bilen, F E ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

External fixator; Haemophilia; Knee flexion contracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE SAFETY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBLUXATION; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HEMARTHROSIS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMARTHROSIS; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932120130     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: 13652516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hae.12478     Document Type: Article

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