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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jan 2000
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialDo Colles' fracture patients benefit from routine referral to physiotherapy following cast removal?
- C F Watt, N F Taylor, and K Baskus.
- Physiotherapy Department, Warrnambool and District Hospital, Warnambool, Victoria, Australia.
- Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2000 Jan 1; 120 (7-8): 413-5.
AbstractColles' fracture patients who received physiotherapy immediately following cast removal were compared with patients who received no active therapy following cast removal in a prospective randomised study. Patients who attended physiotherapy achieved significantly greater increases in wrist extension and grip strength after 6 weeks compared to patients who received no active therapy.
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