Comparison of volar-flexion, ulnar-deviation and functional position cast immobilization in the non-operative treatment of distal radius fracture in elderly patients: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial study protocol

BACKGROUND: Distal radius fractures (DRFs) are the second most common fractures, after hip fractures, seen in clinical practice. The high incidence of low-energy trauma DRFs in elderly patients raises questions about the best treatment method in terms of function, pain, and quality of life. Although...

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Autores principales: Raittio, Lauri, Launonen, Antti, Hevonkorpi, Teemu, Luokkala, Toni, Kukkonen, Juha, Reito, Aleksi, Sumrein, Bakir, Laitinen, Minna, Mattila, Ville M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5604291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28923035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1759-y

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