Measurement of the tendon of the biceps brachii after tenotomy: study on cadavers

ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of elbow and forearm range of motion on the distal excursion of the long head of the biceps (LHB). METHODS: The distal excursion of the LHB after tenotomy of the shoulders of eight cadavers was ascertained by measuring the distance between a point marked...

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Main Authors: Anderson Cunha Machado, Fabiano Rebouças Ribeiro, Samuel Machado Martins, Rômulo Brasil-Filho, Antonio Carlos Tenor-Junior, Miguel Pereira da Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2015-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162015000400445&lng=en&tlng=en