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CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF ELBOWS FROM SPINAL CORD INJURIED PATIENTS

OBJECTIVES: : To evaluate clinically and radiologically the elbows of spinal cord injured patients and compare them to the control group. METHODS: : Twenty patients (10 paraplegics and 10 tetraplegics) were clinically evaluated through assessment of pain scale, measurement of active and passive rang...

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Autores principales: Casimiro, Fabiana de Godoy, de Oliveira, Gabriel Faria, Tenório, Pedro Henrique de Magalhães, Gagliardi, Isabella da Costa, Zoppi, Américo, Cliquet, Alberto
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4775494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26981040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-785220162402154665
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author Casimiro, Fabiana de Godoy
de Oliveira, Gabriel Faria
Tenório, Pedro Henrique de Magalhães
Gagliardi, Isabella da Costa
Zoppi, Américo
Cliquet, Alberto
author_facet Casimiro, Fabiana de Godoy
de Oliveira, Gabriel Faria
Tenório, Pedro Henrique de Magalhães
Gagliardi, Isabella da Costa
Zoppi, Américo
Cliquet, Alberto
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description OBJECTIVES: : To evaluate clinically and radiologically the elbows of spinal cord injured patients and compare them to the control group. METHODS: : Twenty patients (10 paraplegics and 10 tetraplegics) were clinically evaluated through assessment of pain scale, measurement of active and passive range of motion, degree of muscle strength and MEPS score. They were also submitted to bilateral plain radiography of the elbows. Both groups were compared to the control group. RESULTS: : Four paraplegic and three tetraplegic patients referred mild to moderate, sporadic and motion related pain. The control group was asymptomatic. No statistic significant difference was found in passive range of motion among the three groups. The tetraplegic group showed a lower active range of motion as well as lower MEPS score as compared to the control group. Equal number of patients in the spinal cord injured patients had radiological abnormalities, but those were more severe in the tetraplegic group. CONCLUSION: : Spinal cord injured patients presented clinical and radiological elbow abnormalities, which were more evident on tetraplegics. Level of Evidence III, Case Control.
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spelling pubmed-47754942016-03-15 CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF ELBOWS FROM SPINAL CORD INJURIED PATIENTS Casimiro, Fabiana de Godoy de Oliveira, Gabriel Faria Tenório, Pedro Henrique de Magalhães Gagliardi, Isabella da Costa Zoppi, Américo Cliquet, Alberto Acta Ortop Bras Original Article OBJECTIVES: : To evaluate clinically and radiologically the elbows of spinal cord injured patients and compare them to the control group. METHODS: : Twenty patients (10 paraplegics and 10 tetraplegics) were clinically evaluated through assessment of pain scale, measurement of active and passive range of motion, degree of muscle strength and MEPS score. They were also submitted to bilateral plain radiography of the elbows. Both groups were compared to the control group. RESULTS: : Four paraplegic and three tetraplegic patients referred mild to moderate, sporadic and motion related pain. The control group was asymptomatic. No statistic significant difference was found in passive range of motion among the three groups. The tetraplegic group showed a lower active range of motion as well as lower MEPS score as compared to the control group. Equal number of patients in the spinal cord injured patients had radiological abnormalities, but those were more severe in the tetraplegic group. CONCLUSION: : Spinal cord injured patients presented clinical and radiological elbow abnormalities, which were more evident on tetraplegics. Level of Evidence III, Case Control. Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4775494/ /pubmed/26981040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-785220162402154665 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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Casimiro, Fabiana de Godoy
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Tenório, Pedro Henrique de Magalhães
Gagliardi, Isabella da Costa
Zoppi, Américo
Cliquet, Alberto
CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF ELBOWS FROM SPINAL CORD INJURIED PATIENTS
title CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF ELBOWS FROM SPINAL CORD INJURIED PATIENTS
title_full CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF ELBOWS FROM SPINAL CORD INJURIED PATIENTS
title_fullStr CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF ELBOWS FROM SPINAL CORD INJURIED PATIENTS
title_full_unstemmed CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF ELBOWS FROM SPINAL CORD INJURIED PATIENTS
title_short CLINICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF ELBOWS FROM SPINAL CORD INJURIED PATIENTS
title_sort clinical and radiographic evaluation of elbows from spinal cord injuried patients
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4775494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26981040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-785220162402154665
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