title: Early weight bearing in tibial shaft fractures protected with wooden splints.
abstract: Evaluation of the rate of union of 40 adult tibial shaft fractures treated in below-knee wooden splints together with early weight bearing showed that fractures healed faster and patients returned to normal activity earlier than patients who were allowed early weight bearing in above-knee casts. Shortening was not increased.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004434:Early Ambulation; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006801:Humans; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013165:Splints; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D014945:Wound Healing