Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 284-290 , February 2010

Follow-Up Motion Laboratory Analysis for Patients With Spastic Hemiplegia Due to Cerebral Palsy: Analysis of the Flexor Carpi Ulnaris Firing Pattern Before and After Tendon Transfer Surgery

Received 19 October 2007 ,Accepted 1 October 2009.

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 A MERA grant was received from the Gillette Children's Specialty Care to all authors for completion of this research.No benefits in any form have been received or will be received related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

PII: S0363-5023(09)00832-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.10.004

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 284-290 , February 2010

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