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Grip on prognostic factors after forearm fractures
Ploegmakers, Joris Jan Willem
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Grip on prognostic factors
after forearm fractures
Financial support for the publication of this thesis was provided by:
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ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
op gezag van de
rector magnificus prof. dr. E. Sterken en volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties.
De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op 20 februari 2019 om 14:30
door
Joris Jan Willem Ploegmakers
geboren op 27 juni 1976 te Mill en Sint Hubert
Grip on prognostic factors
after forearm fractures
Promotor Prof. dr. S.K. Bulstra Copromotores Dr. C.C.P.M. Verheyen Dr. B. The Beoordelingscommissie Prof. dr. R.M. Castelein Prof. dr. D. Eygendaal Prof. dr. C.K. van der Sluis
CONTENTS
Chapter 1
General introduction and aims
Classifying forearm fractures
Chapter 2
Four distal radial fracture classifications tested among a large panel of Dutch trauma surgeons
Normal forearm function represented in normative isokinetic strength measurements
Chapter 3
Grip strength is strongly associated with height, weight and gender in childhood: a cross sectional study of 2241 children and adolescents providing reference values Chapter 4
The influence of hand preference on grip strength in children and adolescents; a cross-sectional study of 2284 children and adolescents
Chapter 5
Normative torque and grip strength profiles with variation in forearm rotation
Isokinetic pronation and supination strength measurements after forearm injury
Chapter 6
The effect of a Galeazzi fracture on the strength of pronation and supination two years after surgical treatment
Chapter 7
Supination and pronation strength deficits persist at 2-4 years after treatment of distal radius fractures
9 19 31 47 63 79 93
105 119 135 151 165 173 181 187 193
Predicting outcome after paediatric forearm fractures
Chapter 8
Acceptance of angulation in the non-operative treatment of paediatric forearm fractures
Chapter 9
The evolution of hand function during remodelling in non-reduced angulated pediatric forearm fractures
Chapter 10
Predictors for losing reduction after reposition in conservative treated both-bone forearm fractures in 38 children
Chapter 11 General discussion Summary Samenvatting Dankwoord CV
