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  • Title: [The importance of early exercise therapy in the treatment of Colles' fracture. A clinically controlled study].
    Author: Grønlund B, Harreby MS, Kofoed R, Rasmussen L.
    Journal: Ugeskr Laeger; 1990 Aug 27; 152(35):2491-3. PubMed ID: 2205962.
    Abstract:
    Forty patients participated in a study of the importance of early occupational therapy for the prognosis in stable Colles' fractures. Seventeen patients were treated by an occupational therapist 1-3 days after the injury, and the need for appliances and home-care was estimated. Twenty-three patients completed the usual treatment. Five weeks after the injury, we found significantly (p less than 0.05) better function of the hand in the 17 patients with early occupational therapy. This difference in function could not be found after 13 weeks. The rate of complications was the same in the two groups. The results indicate that contact with the occupational therapist shortly after the injury is valuable in patients with stable Colles' fractures.
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