Improved kinematics of unrestrained arm raising in C5-C6 tetraplegic subjects after deltoid-to-triceps transfer

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 435-445

  Remy Neris, O ^a   Milcamps, J ^b   Chikhi Keromest, R ^a   Thevenon, A ^b   Bouttens, D ^a   Bouilland, S ^a  

^a Centre J Calve Fondation Hopale   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Spinal cord injuries; Tendon transfer; Tetraplegia; Unrestrained arm movements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DEVICE; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HAND MOVEMENT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTION; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECORDING; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0043091899     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101481     Document Type: Article

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