Devon C Freudenberger, Kelly M Herremans, Andrea N Riner, Vignesh Vudatha, Kandace P McGuire, Rahul J Anand, Jose G Trevino
General Surgery Faculty Knowledge and Perceptions of Breast Pumping Amongst Postpartum Surgical Residents
World journal of surgery
obstetrical brachial plexus palsy common birth injury nerves passing brachial plexus may result structural functional abnormalities individual joint trajectories kinematic analyses used evaluate source extent abnormalities two summary measures limb kinematics utilized 1 arm profile score summarizing upper limb joint kinematic abnormalities typical pattern across task 2 recently developed multijoint coordination measure using principal component analysis characterize typical coordination multiple joints throughout task compute deviations time space aim compare kinematic measures persons without injury relate clinical functional scales 3d kinematic data 10 upper limb joints collected 15 children adolescents obstetrical brachial plexus palsy 21 controls reachtograsp task limbs two kinematic measures computed correlated mallet abilihandkids measures revealed joint angles primarily contributing shoulder wrist motion prominently affected nondominant limb obstetrical brachial plexus palsy multijoint coordination measure additionally indicating motion coordination worsens moderately interrelated neither correlated scales multijoint coordination measure related arm profile score may additional utility individualized treatment planning evaluation motor task due unique spatialtemporal information provided