title: [The effect of delayed medical consultation on the results of ergotherapy].
abstract: In connection with 567 patients suffering from finger and metacarpale fractures who were treated conservatively the influence of the delaying time on the ergotherapy with its consequences was investigated, but also the influence of the ergotherapy itself. 80.3% of the patients showed a complete rehabilitation after an immediate beginning of ergotherapy. Only 41.0% of the patients remained without residual defects with the beginning of the ergotherapy after a conservative immobilisation therapy. Similar insufficient results were obtained in the group without ergotherapy (only 51.1%). Though after some years the function at late injuries was improved by the help of training in daily life and by means of work remarkable differences between the ergotherapy group and the collective without ergotherapy are recognizable.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schmickaly
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wolter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schnelle
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000293:injuries*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Der Einfluss der ärztlichen Verschleppungszeit auf die Ergebnisse der Ergotherapie.