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. 2012 Jun;7(2):186-90.
doi: 10.1007/s11552-012-9398-0.

Transfer of triceps motor branches of the radial nerve to the axillary nerve with or without other nerve transfers provides antigravity shoulder abduction in pediatric brachial plexus injury

Matthew C McRae  1 , Gregory H Borschel
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Transfer of triceps motor branches of the radial nerve to the axillary nerve with or without other nerve transfers provides antigravity shoulder abduction in pediatric brachial plexus injury

Matthew C McRae et al. Hand (N Y). 2012 Jun.
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Linear regression demonstrated that postoperative active movement scale shoulder abduction (upper panel) and external rotation scores (lower panel) correlated with denervation time. Correlation for shoulder abduction was R2 = 0.35 (for a p value of 0.30) and correlation for shoulder external rotation was R2 = 0.89 (for a p value of 0.01), indicating that denervation time appeared to play a more significant role in the final outcome of shoulder external rotation than of shoulder abduction. Roman numerals indicate individual patients from Tables 1 and 2
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