Reconstruction of Elbow Extension

Hand Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-201

  Leclercq, Caroline ^a,b   Hentz, Vincent R ^c,d,e   Kozin, Scott H ^f,g   Mulcahey, Mary Jane ^g  

^a CLINIQUE JOUVENET   (France)

^b Centre de Reeducation Neurologique et Fonctionnelle   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT MOBILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE GRAFT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; ORTHOTICS; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENODESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEELCHAIR;

ARTHROPLASTY; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 43049141896     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2008.02.003     Document Type: Review

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