Botulinum toxin type A as an adjunct to the surgical treatment of the medial rotation deformity of the shoulder in birth injuries of the brachial plexus

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-329

  Price, A E ^a   DiTaranto, P ^b   Yaylali, I ^b   Tidwell, M A ^b   Grossman, J A I ^b,c  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIRTH INJURIES; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147126051     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B3.17797     Document Type: Article

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