title: Cast-bracing. Principles, indications, and applications.
abstract: The advantages of the cast-brace include early independence in amublation resulting in decreased length of hospitalization and increased functional activities; increased knee function which allows sitting; avoidance of surgery and the possibility of concomitant complications; promotion of healing by decreasing edema and increasing callous formation; and decreasing the chance of delayed union; non-union, and refracture of the femur.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001915:Braces; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D004434:Early Ambulation; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities