[Isokinetic dynamometric evaluation of rehabilitation results of elbow extension in tetraplegic patients].

The authors designed a protocol to assess isokinetic muscle strength of elbow in tetraplegic patients after rehabilitation of elbow extension. Twenty-seven elbows from 16 patients were assessed, after deltoïd-to-triceps (10 cases) or biceps to triceps transfer (17 cases); the mean follow-up was 39 months. Seventeen elbows from 9 healthy individuals were also assessed.

[Social-professional rehabilitation of patients with multiple trauma without brain or spinal cord injuries].

Social and professional rehabilitation was studied in 77 patients who had sustained 1 to 5 years before a polytraumatism without brain or spinal cord injury. 36 patients (46%) remain professionally disabled, most of them manual workers, despite of long-term specific treatments. Only 41 patients (53%) judge their present quality of life good or satisfactory.