Assessment and treatment of glenohumeral joint deformities in children suffering from upper obstetric brachial plexus palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-251

  Bahm, Jörg ^a   Wein, Bertold ^b   Alhares, Gaith ^b   Dogan, Can ^a   Radermacher, Klaus ^b   Schuind, Frédéric ^c  

^a Franziskus Hospital Aachen   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Glenohumeral dysplasia; Obstetric brachial plexus palsy; Segmentation software; Shoulder contracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CONTRACTURE; INFANT; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 34547456424     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e3280925681     Document Type: Article

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