Brachial plexus palsy secondary to birth injuries

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-235

  Kirkos, J M ^a,c   Kyrkos, M J ^a   Kapetanos, G A ^a   Haritidis, J H ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Kilkis General Hospital   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIRTH INJURY; BONE DISEASE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TENDON TRANSFER; TRUNK;

ADULT; ARM; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14044252161     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B2.14739     Document Type: Article

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