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Titre : | Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Upper Limb Surgical Reconstruction After Tetraplegia: The Need for Interdisciplinary Collaboration (2016) |
Auteurs : | Vandana Punj ; Catherine Curtin |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2016/6 supp., 2016) |
Article en page(s) : | pp. S81S87 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Procédures de chirurgie reconstructive ; Rééducation et réadaptation ; Tétraplégie |
Mots-clés: | Quadriplegia ; Reconstructive surgical procedures ; Tendon transfer ; Transposition tendineuse |
Résumé : | There are approximately 300,000 persons with spinal cord injury living in the United States, and nearly 60% of these persons have suffered tetraplegia with resultant alterations in body function, activity, and therefore participation. Restoring hand function can improve independence, and various studies have shown that persons with tetraplegia rate restoration of arm and hand function higher than bowel and bladder control, walking, or sexuality. There are conservative options to improve upper limb function in this population (eg, orthoses, neuroprostheses). Surgical interventions are also available, and 70% of surgical patients report satisfaction and improvement in various activities of daily living after surgery to restore arm and hand function. Despite these positive surgical outcomes, |
Disponible en ligne : | Oui |
En ligne : | https://login.ezproxy.vinci.be/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003999316300533 |