Pronator teres is an appropriate donor muscle for restoration of wrist and thumb extension

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1068-1073

  Abrams, Geoffrey D ^a   Ward, Samuel R ^a   Fridén, Jan ^b   Lieber, Richard L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Extensor carpi radialis brevis; Extensor pollicis longus; Muscle architecture; Pronator teres; Tendon transfer surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS BREVIS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; EXTENSOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS HEAD; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONATOR TERES MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON TRANSPLANTATION; THUMB; ULNA; WRIST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDON TRANSFER; THUMB; WRIST;

EID: 25144478781     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.04.016     Document Type: Article

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