Pronating osteotomy of the radius for forearm supination contracture in high-level tetraplegic patients: Technique and results

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 828-834

  Coulet, B ^a   Boretto, J G ^a,b   Allieu, Y ^a   Fattal, C ^a,c   Laffont, I ^a   Chammas, M ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Centre Propara   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; OSTEOTOMY; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIUS; RANGE OF MOTION; SUPINATION CONTRACTURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PRONATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIUS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINATION; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953174431     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B6.23457     Document Type: Article

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