title: Postoperative electromyographic function of tendon transfers in patients with cerebral palsy.
abstract: Electromyographic studies were performed on 13 patients with cerebral palsy before and after flexor carpi ulnaris transfers. No changes in activity of the extensor digit communis were noted in the transferred muscles. This further validates the rationale of pre-operative planning based on such studies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, California College of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange 92668.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hoffer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Melkonian
mesh_terms: D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004576:Electromyography; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods*