Do radiological and functional outcomes correlate for fractures of the distal radius?

Bone and Joint Journal

Volumn 99B, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 376-382

  Plant, C E ^a   Parsons, N R ^a   Costa, M L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT RATED WRIST EVALUATION; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANGE OF MOTION; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY; HAND STRENGTH; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURES; VERY ELDERLY; WRIST; WRIST INJURIES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 85017542465     PISSN: 20494394     EISSN: 20494408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.99B3.35819     Document Type: Article

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