A new double-purpose device for elbow extension in tetraplegia with paralysis below c5

Paraplegia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 116-118

  Otr, M Itzkovich ^a,b   Catz, A ^a,b,c   Ona, I ^d  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^d Gapim Ltd Loewenstein Hospital branch ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Dynamic splint; Flexion contracture; Orthosis; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DYNAMIC SPLINT; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; ORTHOTICS; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD LESION; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; ELBOW; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARALYSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027173615     PISSN: 00311758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1993.20     Document Type: Article

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