Measuring secondary deformities of the shoulder in children with obstetric brachial plexus lesion: Reliability of three methods

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-214

  Van der Sluijs, Johannes A ^a   Van der Meij, Marieke ^a   Verbeke, Jonathan ^a   Manoliu, Radu A ^a   Wuisman, Paul I J M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Obstetric brachial plexus lesion; Reliability; Shoulder deformity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEFORMITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SHOULDER GIRDLE MALFORMATION; SUBLUXATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0037573343     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00009957-200305000-00008     Document Type: Article

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