Functional assessment aided by motion laboratory studies

Hand Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 565-571

  Van Heest, Ann E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Shriner's Hospitals for Children/Twin Cities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTHRODESIS; ATHETOSIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT STABILITY; LABORATORY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE; SPASTICITY; TENDON TRANSFER; THINKING; THUMB; TREATMENT PLANNING; WRIST;

EID: 0142231994     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0712(03)00058-1     Document Type: Review

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