Lucas-Championnière's principle

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In fracture treatment, omission of fixating the fracture and early start of the functional treatment, e.g. massage and exercises.

Description

In fracture treatment, omission of fixating the fracture and early start of the functional treatment, e.g. massage and exercises.

Bibliography

  • J. Lucas-Championnière:
    Traitement des fractures du radius et du péroné par le massage: traitement des fractures para-articulaires simples et compliquées de plaie sans immobilisation, mobilisation et massage.
    Bulletins et mémoires de la Société de chirurgie de Paris, 1886, 12: 560-569 (Discussion 607-611).
  • J. Lucas-Championnière:
    Le massage et la mobilisation dans le traitement des fractures. 1886, 1889.
  • J. H. Gibbon:
    Lucas-Championnière and mobilization in the treatment of fractures.
    Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Chicago, 1926, 43: 271-278.
We thank Patrick Jucker-Kupper, Switzerland, for information submitted.

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