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Management of Hand and Finger Injuries

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Abstract

The role of hand therapists in treating sports-related injuries of the upper limb has evolved over the past century. Effective treatment and application of physical modalities depend on accurate diagnosis and appreciation of the cause of injury. Rehabilitation protocols and progression must be based primarily on the physiologic responses of tissue to injury and on an understanding of the wound healing processes of various tissues. Thus, in acute injuries clinical evaluation should focus on the effect of the injury since the degree and nature of tissue disruption have more impact on therapy than the cause of the injury. Conversely, in overuse injuries the intrinsic and extrinsic causes should be considered to eventually achieve effective treatment.

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  1. Department of Hand Therapy, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Melanie Eissens

  2. Department of Functional Rehabilitation and Sports Traumatology, Hôpital de Saint Maurice, Saint Maurice, 94410, France

    Sylvie Besch MD & Mireille Peyre MD

  3. Emergency Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, 75013, France

    Sylvie Besch MD

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Bryce T. Gillespie MD

  5. Division of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Philip E. Blazar MD & Barry P. Simmons MD

  6. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

    Fabrice Ferré MD, Philippe Marty MD, Kamran Samii MD, PhD & Vincent Minville MD, PhD

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Eissens, M. et al. (2013). Management of Hand and Finger Injuries. In: Chick, G. (eds) Acute and Chronic Finger Injuries in Ball Sports. Sports and Traumatology. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0382-1_6

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