Outcome and clinical changes in patients 3 6 12 months after a severe or major hand injury - can sense of coherence be an indicator for rehabilitation focus?

摘要

BackgroundOur objective was to explore outcome and clinical changes in hand function, satisfaction in daily occupations, sleep disturbances, health and quality of life in consecutive patients after a severe or major hand injury. Our objective was also to investigate possible differences between groups according to severity of injury, presence of peripheral nerve injury and the patients' sense of coherence.