Improvement in abduction of the shoulder after reconstructive soft-tissue procedures in obstetric brachial plexus palsy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 620-626

  Nath, R K ^a   Paizi, P ^a  

^a Texas Nerve and Paralysis Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROLYSIS; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS, OBSTETRIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250737999     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B5.18403     Document Type: Article

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