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Assessment of Functional Deficits Caused by Fracture of the Proximal Humerus

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Fractures of the Proximal Humerus

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Abstract

An injury of the upper extremity by a proximal humerus fracture is connected to an immobilization of the extremity, what concerns size and period are dependent on the applied surgical method. It is to start out from an accident by definition if the person insured or not insured suffers a health damage involuntarily by an event suddenly having an effect on his body from outside [8].

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  1. Institute for Assessment and Occupational Medicine, Munich, Germany

    Gertrud Kirchhoff

  2. Unfallchirurgische Klinik des Klinikums R.d.Isar der Technischen Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

    Chlodwig Kirchhoff

  3. DEZEMBA-Deutsches Zentralinstitut für Begutachtungsund Arbeitsmedizin, Institute for Assessment and Occupational Medicine, Munich, Germany

    Rainer Kirchhoff

  4. MEDEX Plus, Diessen-Riederau, Germany

    Rainer Kirchhoff

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  1. Department of Trauma Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany

    Peter Biberthaler

  2. Department of Trauma Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany

    Chlodwig Kirchhoff

  3. St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    James P. Waddell

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Kirchhoff, G., Kirchhoff, C., Kirchhoff, R. (2015). Assessment of Functional Deficits Caused by Fracture of the Proximal Humerus. In: Biberthaler, P., Kirchhoff, C., Waddell, J. (eds) Fractures of the Proximal Humerus. Strategies in Fracture Treatments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20300-3_22

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