Effectiveness and Complications of Percutaneous Needle Tenotomy with a Large Needle for Muscle Contractures: A Cadaver Study

BACKGROUND: Twenty-two percent of institutionalised elderly persons have muscle contractures. Contractures have important functional consequences, rendering hygiene and positioning in bed or in a chair difficult. Medical treatment (such as botulinum toxin injections, physiotherapy or positioning) is...

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Autores principales: Chesnel, Camille, Genêt, François, Almangour, Waleed, Denormandie, Philippe, Parratte, Bernard, Schnitzler, Alexis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4666589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26624990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143495

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4666589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26624990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143495

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