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Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1959.tb76423.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , information retrieval , library science
of 10 cases are given (in four the paralysis was due to poliomyelitis, in five to brachial plexus injury, and in one to arthrogryposis multiplex); in six the resulting function was described as excellent or good; in two it was fair, and in two the result was a failure. In the cases of failure, this was due to the pectoralis major being too weak. In some cases stabilization of the shoulder joint improved the strength of the function of the pectoral muscles.