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- SECTION 1 Fundamentals
- SECTION 2 Bone and Soft Tissue Tumours
- SECTION 3 The Spine
- SECTION 4 The Shoulder
- SECTION 5 The Elbow
- SECTION 6 The Hand and Wrist
- SECTION 7 The Hip
- SECTION 8 The Knee
- SECTION 9 The foot
- SECTION 10 Medical Disorders of the Skeleton
- SECTION 11 Infection, Amputation, and Prostheses
- SECTION 12 Trauma
- 12.1 Fracture classification
- 12.2 Complications of fractures
- 12.3 Orthopaedic approach to the multiply injured patient
- 12.4 Head, thoracic, and abdominal injury in the orthopaedic patient
- 12.5 Massive transfusion
- 12.6 Blast and ballistic injury
- 12.7 Management of open fractures
- 12.8 Soft tissue coverage
- 12.9 Combined vascular and orthopaedic injuries
- 12.10 Limb salvage versus amputation
- 12.11 Functional bracing
- 12.12 Principles of plate and screw osteosynthesis
- 12.13 Principles of intramedullary nailing
- 12.14 Principles of monolateral external fixation
- 12.15 Principles of circular external fixation in trauma
- 12.16 Absorbable implants for fracture fixation
- 12.17 Stress fractures
- 12.18 Pathological fractures
- 12.19 Management of segmental bone defects
- 12.20 Injuries to muscle–tendon units
- 12.21 Dislocations and joint injuries in the hand
- 12.22 Flexor tendon injuries
- 12.23 Extensor tendon injuries in the hand and wrist
- 12.24 Soft tissue hand injuries
- 12.25 Nerve injuries
- 12.26 Brachial plexus injuries
- 12.27 Replantation
- 12.28 Metacarpal and phalangeal fractures
- 12.29 Scaphoid fractures
- 12.30 Instabilities of the carpus
- 12.31 Injuries to the distal radioulnar joint
- 12.32 Distal radius fracture
- 12.33 Forearm fractures
- 12.34 Elbow fractures and dislocations
- 12.35 Humeral shaft fractures
- 12.36 Fractures and dislocations of the shoulder girdle
- 12.37 Imaging in spinal trauma
- 12.38 Emergency management of the traumatized cervical spine
- 12.39 Upper cervical injuries
- 12.40 Subaxial cervical spine injuries
- 12.41 Whiplash-associated disorders
- 12.42 Thoracic fractures
- 12.43 Thoracolumbar, lumbar, and sacral fractures
- 12.44 Post-traumatic spinal reconstruction
- 12.45 Rehabilitation of spinal cord injuries
- 12.46 Pelvic ring fractures: assessment, associated injuries, and acute management
- 12.47 Pelvic fracture: definitive management
- 12.48 Fractures of the acetabulum: radiographic assessment and classification
- 12.49 Management of acetabular fractures
- 12.50 Dislocations of the hip and femoral head fractures
- 12.51 Femoral neck fractures
- 12.52 Trochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures
- 12.53 Femur shaft fractures
- 12.54 Supracondylar fractures of the femur
- 12.55 Patella fractures and dislocations
- 12.56 Tibial plateau fractures
- 12.57 Tibial shaft fractures
- 12.58 Tibial plafond fractures
- 12.59 Ankle fractures
- 12.60 Fractures of the talus and peritalar dislocations
- 12.61 Fractures of the calcaneum
- 12.62 Midfoot and forefoot fractures and dislocations
- SECTION 13 Paediatric Orthopaedics
- SECTION 14 Paediatric Trauma
(p. 932) Functional bracing
(p. 932)
Functional bracing
- Chapter:
- (p. 932) Functional bracing
- Author(s):
Augusto Sarmiento
and Loren L. Latta
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199550647.003.012011
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- SECTION 1 Fundamentals
- SECTION 2 Bone and Soft Tissue Tumours
- SECTION 3 The Spine
- SECTION 4 The Shoulder
- SECTION 5 The Elbow
- SECTION 6 The Hand and Wrist
- SECTION 7 The Hip
- SECTION 8 The Knee
- SECTION 9 The foot
- SECTION 10 Medical Disorders of the Skeleton
- SECTION 11 Infection, Amputation, and Prostheses
- SECTION 12 Trauma
- 12.1 Fracture classification
- 12.2 Complications of fractures
- 12.3 Orthopaedic approach to the multiply injured patient
- 12.4 Head, thoracic, and abdominal injury in the orthopaedic patient
- 12.5 Massive transfusion
- 12.6 Blast and ballistic injury
- 12.7 Management of open fractures
- 12.8 Soft tissue coverage
- 12.9 Combined vascular and orthopaedic injuries
- 12.10 Limb salvage versus amputation
- 12.11 Functional bracing
- 12.12 Principles of plate and screw osteosynthesis
- 12.13 Principles of intramedullary nailing
- 12.14 Principles of monolateral external fixation
- 12.15 Principles of circular external fixation in trauma
- 12.16 Absorbable implants for fracture fixation
- 12.17 Stress fractures
- 12.18 Pathological fractures
- 12.19 Management of segmental bone defects
- 12.20 Injuries to muscle–tendon units
- 12.21 Dislocations and joint injuries in the hand
- 12.22 Flexor tendon injuries
- 12.23 Extensor tendon injuries in the hand and wrist
- 12.24 Soft tissue hand injuries
- 12.25 Nerve injuries
- 12.26 Brachial plexus injuries
- 12.27 Replantation
- 12.28 Metacarpal and phalangeal fractures
- 12.29 Scaphoid fractures
- 12.30 Instabilities of the carpus
- 12.31 Injuries to the distal radioulnar joint
- 12.32 Distal radius fracture
- 12.33 Forearm fractures
- 12.34 Elbow fractures and dislocations
- 12.35 Humeral shaft fractures
- 12.36 Fractures and dislocations of the shoulder girdle
- 12.37 Imaging in spinal trauma
- 12.38 Emergency management of the traumatized cervical spine
- 12.39 Upper cervical injuries
- 12.40 Subaxial cervical spine injuries
- 12.41 Whiplash-associated disorders
- 12.42 Thoracic fractures
- 12.43 Thoracolumbar, lumbar, and sacral fractures
- 12.44 Post-traumatic spinal reconstruction
- 12.45 Rehabilitation of spinal cord injuries
- 12.46 Pelvic ring fractures: assessment, associated injuries, and acute management
- 12.47 Pelvic fracture: definitive management
- 12.48 Fractures of the acetabulum: radiographic assessment and classification
- 12.49 Management of acetabular fractures
- 12.50 Dislocations of the hip and femoral head fractures
- 12.51 Femoral neck fractures
- 12.52 Trochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures
- 12.53 Femur shaft fractures
- 12.54 Supracondylar fractures of the femur
- 12.55 Patella fractures and dislocations
- 12.56 Tibial plateau fractures
- 12.57 Tibial shaft fractures
- 12.58 Tibial plafond fractures
- 12.59 Ankle fractures
- 12.60 Fractures of the talus and peritalar dislocations
- 12.61 Fractures of the calcaneum
- 12.62 Midfoot and forefoot fractures and dislocations
- SECTION 13 Paediatric Orthopaedics
- SECTION 14 Paediatric Trauma
