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Abstract
Intracast pressures were recorded in conventional plaster-of-Paris below-elbow casts
and compared with a new prefabricated brace for the functional treatment of Colles'
fractures. Interface pressures were consistently higher in the brace than in the conventional
plaster cast throughout the treatment period, and demonstrated more specific loading
to the fracture site.
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Accepted:
March 28,
1991
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© 1991 Published by Elsevier Inc.