A review of the biomechanical and functional changes in the shoulder following transfer of the latissimus dorsi muscles

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2070-2073

  Spear, Scott L ^a,b   Hess, Christopher L ^a,b  

^a Medstar Georgetown University Hospital ^*

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CLIMBING; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER; SWIMMING;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 20044370646     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000163329.96736.6A     Document Type: Review

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