Consequences and adaptation in daily life – patients’ experiences three decades after a nerve injury sustained in adolescence
Open Access
- 22 August 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Vol. 14 (1), 252
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-252
Abstract
To explore the patients’ experiences during the three decades following repair of a nerve injury in the forearm and its consequences for daily life. Strategies that were used to facilitate adaptation were also investigated.Keywords
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