TY - JOUR
T1 - Upper extremity tendon transfers in cerebral palsy
T2 - Electromyographic and functional analysis
AU - Mowery, Carol A.
AU - Gelberman, Richard H.
AU - Rhoades, Charles E.
PY - 1985/1/1
Y1 - 1985/1/1
N2 - This study was undertaken to evaluate tendon transfers in a group of children with spastic hemiplegia. Muscle grading, video recordings of function, and electromyographs were performed on 12 patients preoperatively. Postoperative electromyograms were obtained on 16 transferred tendons in eight patients as the children performed assigned tasks. Clinical evaluation demonstrated improvement in all patients at follow-up, which averaged 20 months. Four of the 16 muscles showed changes in their electrical activity postoperatively. Three muscles that fired continuously became phasic, and one muscle changed phase to match its recipient. Pre- and postoperative electromyography with video analysis provided a more complete understanding of the characteristics of tendon function with tendon transfers in cerebral palsy.
AB - This study was undertaken to evaluate tendon transfers in a group of children with spastic hemiplegia. Muscle grading, video recordings of function, and electromyographs were performed on 12 patients preoperatively. Postoperative electromyograms were obtained on 16 transferred tendons in eight patients as the children performed assigned tasks. Clinical evaluation demonstrated improvement in all patients at follow-up, which averaged 20 months. Four of the 16 muscles showed changes in their electrical activity postoperatively. Three muscles that fired continuously became phasic, and one muscle changed phase to match its recipient. Pre- and postoperative electromyography with video analysis provided a more complete understanding of the characteristics of tendon function with tendon transfers in cerebral palsy.
KW - Cerebral palsy
KW - Electromyography
KW - Tendon transfers
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U2 - 10.1097/01241398-198501000-00012
DO - 10.1097/01241398-198501000-00012
M3 - Article
C2 - 3980710
AN - SCOPUS:0021955552
VL - 5
SP - 69
EP - 72
JO - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
JF - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
SN - 0271-6798
IS - 1
ER -