Journal article
Measurement of Health Outcomes Following Tendon and Nerve Repair
Abstract
The World Health Organization's model of health suggests that tendon and nerve injury outcomes can be assessed in terms of impairment, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. A tendon injury results in impairment of motion and strength of affected digits. Literature on outcome of tendon surgery has focused on active motion. Recently developed devices can be used to measure strength impairments associated with individual digits …
Authors
MacDermid JC
Journal
Journal of Hand Therapy, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 297–312
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2005
DOI
10.1197/j.jht.2005.02.009
ISSN
0894-1130