Interventions for treating proximal humeral fractures in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2010, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Handoll, Helen H G ^a   Ollivere, Benjamin J ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLOSED REDUCTION (PROCEDURE); CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CROFT SHOULDER DISABILITY SCORE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HEMIARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION BAND WIRING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 85018091599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000434.pub2.     Document Type: Article

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