Pronator quadratus repair after volar plating of distal radius fractures or not? Results of a prospective randomized trial

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Häberle, Sandra ^a   Sandmann, Gunther Hubertus ^b   Deiler, Stephan ^a   Kraus, Tobias Maximilian ^b   Fensky, Florian ^c   Torsiglieri, Tobias ^a,d   Rondak, Ina Christine ^a   Biberthaler, Peter ^a   Stöckle, Ulrich ^b   Siebenlist, Sebastian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Pronation strength; Pronator quadratus; Pronator quadratus repair; Volar plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAYO WRIST SCORE; MUSCLE REPAIR; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRONATOR QUADRATUS MUSCLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; BONE PLATE; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947916558     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: 2047783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40001-015-0187-4     Document Type: Article

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