Spastic wrist flexion in cerebral palsy. Pronator teres versus flexor carpi ulnaris transfer
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Spastic wrist flexion in cerebral palsy. Pronator teres versus flexor carpi ulnaris transfer
OBJECTIVE Analize data on patients submitted to transfer of the pronator teres (PT) or the flexor carpi ulnaris (FCB) to the extensor carpi radialis longus/brevis (ECRL/B) in order to correct flexed wrist deformity in patients with cerebral palsy. METHOD Patients were divided into two groups: PT group and FCU group to ECRL/B. The results were evaluated by goniometry and by the functional hand...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Ortopédica Brasileira
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1413-7852
DOI: 10.1590/1413-785220152303145550