Effectiveness and Complications of Percutaneous Needle Tenotomy with a Large Needle for Muscle Contractures: A Cadaver Study

Twenty-two percent of institutionalised elderly persons have muscle contractures. Contractures have important functional consequences, rendering hygiene and positioning in bed or in a chair difficult. Medical treatment (such as botulinum toxin injections, physiotherapy or positioning) is not very ef...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2015-12, Vol.10 (12), p.e0143495-e0143495
Hauptverfasser: Chesnel, Camille, Genêt, François, Almangour, Waleed, Denormandie, Philippe, Parratte, Bernard, Schnitzler, Alexis
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