Editorial“Doctor, can I drive?”: The need for a rational approach to return to driving after musculoskeletal injury
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2022, Journal of Hand TherapyCitation Excerpt :Safe return to driving is questioned daily in orthopedic and hand therapy settings and is a question with complexity and uncertainty in its answer.1
Patient Safety: Driving After Foot and Ankle Surgery
2018, Orthopedic Clinics of North AmericaCitation Excerpt :Foot and ankle surgeons are interested in the answer to the common question of when a patient can return to driving following surgery; patients are no less interested. Although many articles are devoted to the impact of orthopedic surgery on driving, the purpose of this article is to specifically review the available evidence regarding driving and foot and ankle surgery.4–8 It is important for physicians to be aware of their medical and legal responsibilities as perceived in the court of law.
The effects of below-elbow immobilization on driving performance
2017, InjuryCitation Excerpt :Providing recommendations to patients about driving while being treated in an upper extremity immobilization device is a frequent dilemma for physicians that potentially has both safety and legal implications [1,2]. To date there have only been a handful of studies that have evaluated the effect of upper extremity immobilization on driving performance [3–5]. Results of these studies have indicated that driving performance may be impaired by a variety of rigid (i.e. fiberglass or plaster) immobilization devices, including: below-elbow, above-elbow, and devices that incorporate the thumb [6–8].
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