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An MRI study on the relations between muscle atrophy, shoulder function and glenohumeral deformity in shoulders of children with obstetric brachial plexus injury

BACKGROUND: A substantial number of children with an obstetric brachial plexus lesion (OBPL) will develop internal rotation adduction contractures of the shoulder, posterior humeral head subluxations and glenohumeral deformities. Their active shoulder function is generally limited and a recent study...

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Autores principales: van Gelein Vitringa, Valerie M, van Kooten, Ed O, Mullender, Margriet G, van Doorn-Loogman, Mirjam H, van der Sluijs, Johannes A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19450245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7221-4-5