Surgical correction for pronation contracture of the forearm in cerebral palsy.
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The Surgical Correction Of Forearm Pronation Contracture
6 cases of cerebral palsy with established pronation contractures of the forearm were subjected to a procedure of re routing of the pronator teres insertion by which the pronating action of the muscle was converted to supination. Post operatively the hand function of the operated upper limb improved in terms of grip strength, gain of reciprocal supination pronation and absence of recurrence of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopedics & Traumatology
سال: 1989
ISSN: 1349-4333,0037-1033
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.38.270