Elbow Joint Position Sense Following Brachial Plexus Palsy Treated With Double Free Muscle Transfer

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1667-1673

  Hattori, Yasunori ^a   Doi, Kazuteru ^a   Sakamoto, Soutetsu ^a   Yukata, Kiminori ^a   Shafi, Mohamed ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; functioning free muscle transfer; joint position sense

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROL GROUP; DOUBLE FREE MUSCLE TRANSFER; ELBOW; ELBOW JOINT POSITION SENSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSATION; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350572889     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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