The boxers' fracture: a prospective study of functional recovery.

Autor: Porter ML; Hand Clinic, Royal Preston Hospital, England., Hodgkinson JP, Hirst P, Wharton MR, Cunliffe M
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of emergency medicine [Arch Emerg Med] 1988 Dec; Vol. 5 (4), pp. 212-5.
DOI: 10.1136/emj.5.4.212
Abstrakt: The rate of functional recovery following fracture of the fifth metacarpal neck is reported. The recovery of power grip and finger grip strength is complete in most patients by two months. The functional outcome is not significantly related to the degree of angulation at the fracture site.
Databáze: MEDLINE