Hand function in children with radial longitudinal deficiency
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Hand function in children with radial longitudinal deficiency
BACKGROUND In children with hypoplasia or aplasia of the radius (radial longitudinal deficiency) manual activity limitations may be caused by several factors; a short and bowed forearm, radial deviation of the wrist, a non-functional or absent thumb, limited range of motion in the fingers and impaired grip strength. The present study investigates the relation between these variables and activit...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-116