Brachioradialis tendon transfers that restore wrist extension: Evaluating outcome in different joint postures

W. M. Murray; Kevin L. Kilgore; Michael W. Keith

Brachioradialis tendon transfers that restore wrist extension: Evaluating outcome in different joint postures

W. M. Murray^*, Kevin L. Kilgore, Michael W. Keith

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Biomedical Engineering

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Abstract

After cervical spinal cord injury, brachioradialis, a non-paralyzed elbow flexor, can be surgically attached to a paralyzed wrist extensor, most frequently the extensor capri radialis brevis, to restore voluntary wrist extension. We hypothesize that the function of brachioradialis at the elbow joint can limit post-operative wrist function. We quantified wrist range of motion, wrist extension strength, elbow extension strength, and the elbow flexion moment produced during wrist extension to evaluate how the transferred brachioradialis functions in different elbow postures. Our data suggest that wrist extension strength needs to be increased when the elbow is flexed and the wrist is extended to improve surgical outcomes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2397-2398
Number of pages	2
Journal	Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
Volume	3
State	Published - Dec 1 2002
Event	Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 24th Annual Conference and the 2002 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES / EMBS) - Houston, TX, United States Duration: Oct 23 2002 → Oct 26 2002

Keywords

Spinal cord injury
Tendon transfer
Wrist

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Signal Processing
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Health Informatics

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Brachioradialis tendon transfers that restore wrist extension: Evaluating outcome in different joint postures. / Murray, W. M.; Kilgore, Kevin L.; Keith, Michael W.
In: Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings, Vol. 3, 01.12.2002, p. 2397-2398.

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