Kinematic Assessment of the Upper Extremity in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy
| Autor: | Michelle A. James, Kyria Petuskey, Teresa Mosqueda, George T. Rab, Estelle Abdala, Anita Bagley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Shoulder Weakness medicine.medical_specialty Activities of daily living Adolescent Kinematics Neurological disorder Motion Imaging Three-Dimensional Activities of Daily Living Birth Injuries Elbow Humans Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Prospective Studies Brachial Plexus Neuropathies Child Palsy business.industry General Medicine Hand medicine.disease Gait Biomechanical Phenomena Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom business Range of motion human activities Brachial plexus Neck |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0271-6798 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00004694-200411000-00018 |
| Popis: | Children with brachial plexus birth palsy (BPBP) may have shoulder external rotation and abduction weakness that can restrict activities of daily living (ADLs). Static range of motion measurements may not measure ADL restrictions. Motion analysis has been used to quantify gait limitations and measure changes associated with treatment. The purpose of this study was to determine whether upper extremity motion analysis (UEMA) can measure the differences in shoulder motion during ADLs between children with BPBP and normal children. Following a previously described UEMA protocol, 55 children with BPBP and 51 normal children (control group) were studied. Kinematic data of selected ADLs were collected before surgery. UEMA was used to measure statistically significant differences between children with BPBP and control subjects for all planes of shoulder motion in all activities tested. The authors conclude that UEMA can discriminate between children with BPBP and control subjects during selected ADLs, and suggest that UEMA can also be used to measure the effects of surgical interventions in children with BPBP. |
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