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Movement Disorders of the Upper Extremities in Children

Conservative and Operative Therapy

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  • Discusses primary reconstructive surgery (nerve reconstruction) and secondary surgery (tendon and muscle transfers)
  • Presents conservative treatment methods: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, orthoses
  • Offers accompanying patient videos before and after surgery

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Introduction

  2. Conservative Treatment Methods

  3. Primary Reconstructive Interventions

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About this book

This book discusses the diagnosis and therapy for movement disorders of the upper extremities in children caused by brachial plexus injuries, peripheral nerve lesions or spasticity. The diagnostic procedures are presented from the perspective of pediatricians and surgeons. In addition to detailed descriptions of primary reconstructive and secondary surgical procedures, it also presents essentials of non operative treatment, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy and orthopedic technologies. The book is rounded out with information on the management of these patients and their parents.


Written by experienced clinicians, it offers valuable reading for plastic surgeons, pediatricians and surgeons who are interested in this topic.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Section for Plexus Surgery of the Department for Plastic, Hand and Burn Surgery,, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany

    Jörg Bahm

About the editor

Dr. Bahm received his medical degree in 1987 and completed his surgical training in France and Belgium. He trained in hand surgery in Lille, Strasbourg and Paris. He finished his surgical training in 1995 at the University Hospital Aachen, Germany and was an assistant physician in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University Hospital Aachen, Germany, from 1994 to 1999. Dr. Bahm received his degree in plastic surgery in 1998 and in hand surgery in 2001. From 2000 to 2019, he has been head of the Unit for Reconstructive Microsurgery at the Franziskus Hospital in Aachen, Germany. Since 2004, he also works as consultant for peripheral nerve surgery at the department for orthopaedics and traumatology at the ULB University Hospital in Brussels, Belgium. In 2011, he achieved his medical PhD degree at the ULB University of Brussels, Belgium. Since 2020, he directs the section for plexus surgery of the department for plastic, hand and burn surgery at the University Hospital Aachen, Germany.

His interests are reconstructive plastic surgery in children, in particular brachial plexus lesions. Dr. Bahm is member of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (DGPRÄC) and the German Society of Hand Surgeons (DHG). He has been president of the Belgian Society of Hand Surgeons (BHG) in 2012 and 2013. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 scientific publications in journals. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Movement Disorders of the Upper Extremities in Children

  • Book Subtitle: Conservative and Operative Therapy

  • Editors: Jörg Bahm

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53622-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53621-3Published: 22 April 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53624-4Published: 23 April 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53622-0Published: 21 April 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 344

  • Topics: Plastic Surgery, Surgery, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Medicine/Public Health, general

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