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Restraint, Physical

"Restraint, Physical" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Use of a device for the purpose of controlling movement of all or part of the body. Splinting and casting are FRACTURE FIXATION.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Restraint, Physical" by people in this website by year, and whether "Restraint, Physical" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 19 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2000 and 2003 and 2005 and 2017 and 2018
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