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Article: Manual of Orthopaedic Surgery for Spasticity.
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- January 1, 1994
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1994 American Physical Therapy Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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This book is intended primarily for orthopedic surgeons. The authors' purpose in writing this book is to provide orthopedists with a comprehensive guide to treating patients with complex neurologic problems. The entire content consists of detailed information on current soft tissue surgical techniques used to correct specific spastic limb deformities. The surgical procedures are organized to distinguish between procedures intended to improve limb function and those in which the goal is to release contractures in the nonfunctional extremity.
The book is divided into four parts. The first two parts describe 10 surgical procedures to improve upper-extremity function ...