Interventions for treating proximal humeral fractures in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Handoll, Helen Hg ^a   Brorson, Stig ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EVENT; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEMIARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMERAL NECK FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BANDAGE; IMMOBILIZATION; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; SHOULDER FRACTURES;

ADULT; BANDAGES; EARLY AMBULATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84964693868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000434.pub4     Document Type: Review

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