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Manual manipulation and finger-trap traction both effective for Colles fractures

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August 2014

Manual manipulation and finger-trap traction both effective for Colles fractures

Vol: 3| Issue: 8| Number:29| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Closed reduction of Colles fractures: comparison of manual manipulation and finger-trap traction: a prospective, randomized study

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2002 Mar;84-A(3):354-8

Contributing Authors:
SA Earnshaw A Aladin S Surendran CG Moran

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Synopsis

223 patients with 225 displaced Colles-type fractures were randomized to closed reduction treatment with either finger-trap traction or manual manipulation. The fractures were assessed radiographically by measurement of the radial angle, dorsal tilt, and radial shortening for 5 weeks after reduction. No significant differences were found in alignment, and both groups had equal rates of satisfactor...

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