Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 456-463 , May 2002

Dynamic splinting of forearm rotational contracture after distal radius fracture

Received 19 September 2000 ,Revised 18 February 2002 ,Accepted 18 February 2002.

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☆☆ Reprint requests: Munir A. Shah, MD, Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Medical Branch, Rebecca Sealy Hospital, Rm 2.616, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555-0165.

PII: S0363-5023(02)47084-0

doi: 10.1053/jhsu.2002.33196

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 456-463 , May 2002