A newly developed upper limb single-joint HAL in a patient with elbow flexion reconstruction after traumatic brachial plexus injury: A case report

We report a case in which elbow flexion exercises using the upper limb single-joint Hybrid Assistive Limb (upper limb HAL-SJ) were implemented in a patient 13 months postoperatively following elbow flexion reconstruction with intercostal nerve transfer after a traumatic brachial plexus injury. Treat...

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Main Authors: Shigeki Kubota, PhD, Yuki Hara, MD, PhD, Yukiyo Shimizu, MD, Hideki Kadone, PhD, Tadashi Kubo, MS, Aiki Marushima, MD, PhD, Tomoyuki Ueno, MD, Hiroaki Kawamoto, PhD, Masao Koda, MD, PhD, Akira Matsumura, MD, PhD, Yasushi Hada, MD, PhD, Yoshiyuki Sankai, PhD, Masashi Yamazaki, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751917301202