Early tendon transfers in the rehabilitation of median, radial, and ulnar palsies.
Early tendon transfers car restore a balanced simplification of motor performance and provide an essential component for re-education of sensation. Recommended transfers include the extensor indicis proprius to restore thumb opposition in low median palsy, the pronator teres to restore wrist extension in radial palsy, and the multi-tailed single flexor digitorum superficialis to restore thumb-index pinch and prevent ring-little finger clawing in low ulnar palsy.
D006801:Humans; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D010243:Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011826:Radial Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D013709:Tendon Transfer; D014110:Touch; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000601:surgery