Muscle changes in brachial plexus birth injury with elbow flexion contracture: An MRI study

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Pöyhiä, Tiina H ^a   Koivikko, Mika P ^a   Peltonen, Jari I ^b   Kirjavainen, Mikko O ^c   Lamminen, Antti E ^a   Nietosvaara, Yrjänä A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus birth injury; Children; Elbow; MRI; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELBOW DISEASE; ELBOW FLEXION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE SURGERY; TISSUE SLICE;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33846216904     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0374-0     Document Type: Article

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