Transfer of the teres minor motor branch for triceps reinnervation in tetraplegia: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1457-1460

  Bertelli, Jayme Augusto ^a   Ghizoni, Marcos Flávio ^a   Tacca, Cristiano Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elbow extension; Nerve transfer; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; ELBOW EXTENSION; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FALLING; FINGER; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JOINT FUNCTION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SACRUM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN INCISION; SPASTICITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SUPINE POSITION; TERES MINOR MOTOR BRANCH; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WRIST;

ELBOW; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955673757     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.12.JNS101519     Document Type: Article

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