Preoperative donor nerve electromyography as a predictor of nerve transfer outcomes

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-49

  Schreiber, Joseph J ^a   Feinberg, Joseph H ^a   Byun, David J ^a   Lee, Steve K ^a   Wolfe, Scott W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

brachial plexus; electromyography; Nerve transfer

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR NERVE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER ABDUCTION; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NERVE TRANSFER;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COHORT STUDIES; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER;

EID: 84891631765     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.09.042     Document Type: Article

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