Reduced Clavicle Length Indicates the Severity of Scapular Misalignment in Obstetric Brachial Plexus Lesions
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:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
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# | Clavicle Length [cm] | Sagittal Orientation of the Scapula [°] | Dimensions of the Scapula [cm] | Distance of the Superior and Inferior Margins to the Vertebral Column [cm] | Angles of the Medial and Lateral Borders of the Scapula to the Vertebral Column [°] | |||||||||||||
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Width | Height | Oblique | Superior Margin | Inferior Margin | Medial Border | Lateral Border | ||||||||||||
Healthy | Affected | Healthy | Affected | Healthy | Affected | Healthy | Affected | Healthy | Affected | Healthy | Affected | Healthy | Affected | Healthy | Affected | Healthy | Affected | |
1 | 14.29 | 13.44 | 40.55 | 25.93 | 11.58 | 10.14 | 14.67 | 12.87 | 12.06 | 7.99 | 6.21 | 6.99 | 10.47 | 10.61 | 13.80 | 16.94 | 19.21 | 21.69 |
2 | 8.14 | 7.36 | 40.45 | 32.19 | 6.98 | 6.13 | 7.89 | 7.52 | 6.56 | 5.12 | 4.54 | 4.38 | 7.32 | 6.57 | 16.67 | 8.10 | 24.49 | 31.92 |
3 | 10.31 | 9.95 | 41.33 | 22.05 | 9.55 | 9.09 | 10.68 | 10.00 | 9.48 | 7.26 | 7.25 | 6.71 | 9.99 | 9.66 | 15.49 | 14.73 | 12.80 | 14.58 |
4 | 9.84 | 9.01 | 40.40 | 32.97 | 9.01 | 8.39 | 9.72 | 9.19 | 7.49 | 6.43 | 5.20 | 5.74 | 7.99 | 7.54 | 25.74 | 25.05 | 24.47 | 17.94 |
5 | 6.49 | 6.28 | 40.34 | 23.85 | 5.69 | 5.43 | 6.37 | 6.29 | 5.20 | 3.79 | 5.22 | 5.36 | 6.00 | 6.89 | 27.78 | 24.78 | 20.47 | 20.11 |
6 | 8.90 | 8.05 | 47.51 | 41.32 | 7.27 | 6.76 | 8.57 | 9.21 | 7.18 | 5.81 | 4.24 | 3.74 | 8.15 | 8.05 | 21.37 | 26.42 | 11.01 | 3.88 |
7 | 11.13 | 10.73 | 44.43 | 28.91 | 10.55 | 8.75 | 11.58 | 11.25 | 9.96 | 9.25 | 6.32 | 7.36 | 8.23 | 8.07 | 5.45 | 6.89 | 40.73 | 41.78 |
8 | 8.46 | 7.76 | 21.81 | 16.83 | 8.03 | 7.29 | 9.59 | 8.94 | 7.24 | 5.89 | 7.54 | 7.97 | 8.96 | 8.48 | 11.94 | 9.30 | 24.04 | 37.34 |
9 | 12.50 | 11.53 | 46.55 | 52.84 | 12.18 | 11.17 | 13.82 | 12.80 | 11.28 | 9.75 | 6.70 | 7.57 | 9.47 | 8.54 | 13.59 | 19.71 | 23.34 | 29.18 |
10 | 11.06 | 10.17 | 41.54 | 41.67 | 11.16 | 10.81 | 11.58 | 11.24 | 9.95 | 8.82 | 6.96 | 5.92 | 10.51 | 9.12 | 17.82 | 23.47 | 8.86 | 17.19 |
11 | 10.02 | 9.64 | 41.07 | 35.00 | 8.25 | 7.64 | 10.08 | 10.40 | 8.28 | 7.07 | 5.61 | 5.06 | 8.86 | 9.42 | 15.61 | 16.37 | 16.22 | 17.09 |
12 | 14.67 | 12.88 | 37.78 | 44.39 | 13.39 | 12.70 | 14.87 | 13.35 | 14.56 | 11.42 | 7.79 | 9.14 | 11.45 | 9.83 | 13.98 | 23.13 | 8.78 | 23.23 |
13 | 11.53 | 11.09 | 41.48 | 33.03 | 10.20 | 9.25 | 12.38 | 11.40 | 11.09 | 9.84 | 6.07 | 7.14 | 10.56 | 10.62 | 20.22 | 14.72 | 16.62 | 16.23 |
14 | 9.21 | 8.38 | 47.10 | 35.64 | 7.75 | 7.65 | 9.14 | 8.06 | 7.46 | 5.76 | 5.87 | 6.48 | 8.06 | 7.59 | 14.10 | 17.11 | 24.37 | 27.54 |
15 | 11.70 | 10.50 | 49.37 | 37.53 | 9.80 | 8.90 | 11.67 | 10.95 | 9.38 | 8.61 | 8.49 | 8.95 | 8.53 | 7.96 | 10.03 | 19.73 | 33.37 | 35.89 |
16 | 14.66 | 13.94 | 61.71 | 39.88 | 11.16 | 10.73 | 16.92 | 16.14 | 14.69 | 13.32 | 8.54 | 9.50 | 11.12 | 10.50 | 6.34 | 8.49 | 23.85 | 30.20 |
17 | 11.01 | 10.50 | 53.59 | 48.44 | 8.31 | 8.35 | 11.38 | 9.99 | 10.74 | 7.40 | 7.67 | 8.41 | 8.07 | 7.93 | 10.19 | 10.71 | 28.08 | 34.21 |
18 | 11.23 | 9.83 | 40.87 | 52.36 | 10.50 | 8.96 | 12.40 | 11.52 | 11.42 | 8.44 | 6.59 | 6.92 | 10.55 | 8.51 | 14.91 | 26.17 | 14.19 | 20.89 |
19 | 14.28 | 12.82 | 39.54 | 43.60 | 12.90 | 12.29 | 15.57 | 12.24 | 13.74 | 10.93 | 8.73 | 9.52 | 10.51 | 8.25 | 8.92 | 18.97 | 29.61 | 39.24 |
20 | 7.66 | 6.81 | 41.11 | 36.20 | 6.32 | 5.69 | 8.82 | 8.13 | 6.39 | 5.40 | 5.53 | 6.10 | 7.08 | 6.78 | 17.74 | 20.55 | 17.98 | 24.85 |
21 | 12.01 | 9.94 | 46.48 | 32.47 | 9.54 | 9.14 | 12.55 | 11.35 | 10.77 | 8.61 | 7.26 | 8.51 | 9.04 | 7.05 | 11.37 | 24.97 | 26.82 | 63.77 |
22 | 8.82 | 8.63 | 35.28 | 31.09 | 8.73 | 7.81 | 10.31 | 10.01 | 8.24 | 7.56 | 5.88 | 6.09 | 7.70 | 7.52 | 12.91 | 10.66 | 29.29 | 19.99 |
23 | 12.54 | 11.75 | 38.88 | 34.78 | 10.01 | 9.83 | 12.84 | 12.69 | 11.38 | 10.73 | 8.63 | 9.00 | 9.44 | 8.70 | 0.33 | 4.83 | 20.38 | 24.00 |
24 | 12.38 | 10.54 | 43.43 | 35.19 | 9.48 | 9.20 | 12.69 | 11.65 | 12.36 | 8.98 | 7.16 | 8.57 | 9.07 | 7.68 | 13.23 | 21.51 | 23.62 | 34.47 |
25 | 11.79 | 10.90 | 48.73 | 36.97 | 10.98 | 10.20 | 12.36 | 11.14 | 10.56 | 7.79 | 5.46 | 5.89 | 7.64 | 6.92 | 12.15 | 18.75 | 39.62 | 46.01 |
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Rosenauer, R.; Nógrádi, A.; Quadlbauer, S.; Schmidhammer, M.; Schmidhammer, R.; Tsolakidis, S. Reduced Clavicle Length Indicates the Severity of Scapular Misalignment in Obstetric Brachial Plexus Lesions. J. Pers. Med. 2024, 14, 846. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14080846
Rosenauer R, Nógrádi A, Quadlbauer S, Schmidhammer M, Schmidhammer R, Tsolakidis S. Reduced Clavicle Length Indicates the Severity of Scapular Misalignment in Obstetric Brachial Plexus Lesions. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2024; 14(8):846. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14080846
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosenauer, Rudolf, Antal Nógrádi, Stefan Quadlbauer, Markus Schmidhammer, Robert Schmidhammer, and Savas Tsolakidis. 2024. "Reduced Clavicle Length Indicates the Severity of Scapular Misalignment in Obstetric Brachial Plexus Lesions" Journal of Personalized Medicine 14, no. 8: 846. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14080846