Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 537-544 , April 2009

Physiotherapy After Volar Plating of Wrist Fractures Is Effective Using a Home Exercise Program

  • Gert D. Krischak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Gert D. Krischak, MD, Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Steinhoevelstrasse 9, 89075 Ulm, Germany
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  • Anna Krasteva, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • Florian Schneider

      Affiliations

    • School of Physiotherapy, UlmKolleg, Ulm, Germany
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  • Daniel Gulkin

      Affiliations

    • Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • Florian Gebhard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • Michael Kramer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center of Surgery, Clinic for Traumatology, Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Trial registration number: The study was been approved by the local Ethics Committee (no. 46/06, 12.07.2006).

PII: S0003-9993(09)00004-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.09.575

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 537-544 , April 2009

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