Muscle releases to improve passive motion and relieve pain in patients with spastic hemiplegia and elbow flexion contractures

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1357-1362

  Namdari, Surena ^a   Horneff, J Gabe ^a   Baldwin, Keith ^a   Keenan, Mary Ann ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case series; Hemiparesis; Hemiplegia; Level IV; Muscle release; Rigidity; Spasticity; Treatment study; Upper motor neuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELBOW FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SPASTICITY SCRORE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE INJURY; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTIC HEMIPLEGIA; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER MOTOR NEURON INJURY; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866182379     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2011.09.029     Document Type: Article

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