Variability in surgical technique for brachioradialis tendon transfer: Evidence and implications

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2009-2016

  Murray, Wendy M ^a   Hentz, Vincent R ^b   Fridén, Jan ^c   Lieber, Richard L ^d  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BRACHIORADIALIS TENDON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LASER DIFFRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TENDON TRANSFER; WRIST;

EID: 33748446425     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00973     Document Type: Review

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