Figure-of-eight bandage versus arm sling for treating middle-third clavicle fractures in adults: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lenza, Mario ^a   Taniguchi, Luiz Fabiano Presente ^a,b   Ferretti, Mario ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Municipal Dr Moyses Deutsch   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone; Clavicle; Conservative treatment; Fracture healing; Fractures; Pseudarthrosis; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM SLING; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND QUESTIONNAIRE; FIGURE OF EIGHT BANDAGE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODIFIED UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES SHOULDER RATING SCALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BRAZIL; CLAVICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; INJURIES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BANDAGES; BRAZIL; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977674929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1355-8     Document Type: Article

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