Immediate Mobilization Compared with Conventional Immobilization for the Impacted Nonoperatively Treated Proximal Humeral Fracture

Lefèvre‐Colau, Marie‐Martine; Babinet, A.; Fayad, Fouad; Fermanian, J.; Anract, Philippe; Rören, Alexandra; Kansao, Jamal; Revel, Marie‐Pierre; Poiraudeau, Serge

doi:10.2106/jbjs.f.01419

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Immediate Mobilization Compared with Conventional Immobilization for the Impacted Nonoperatively Treated Proximal Humeral Fracture

Published in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery • Dec 1, 2007

Authors:

Marie‐Martine Lefèvre‐Colau

A. Babinet

Fouad Fayad

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There have been few randomized controlled trials evaluating nonoperative treatment of proximal humeral fractures. To investigate shortening the period of dependence, we assessed the feasibility and efficacy of early mobilization of the shoulder (within three days after the fracture) in c...

Subject

Medicine

Confidence interval

Range of motion

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