Does impaired arm development after Blalock-Taussig shunt in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot?
In patients with tetralogy of Fallot, Blalock-Taussig shunts may impair normal development of the ipsilateral arm with repercussions in adulthood that include shorter limb length and reduced handgrip strength. These changes are most pronounced in patients with classic end-to-side anastomoses.
The proposed methodology allowed for the estimate of lower limb joint angular kinematics in a repeatable and consistent manner, enabling inertial and magnetic sensing based systems to be used especially for outdoor human movement analysis applications.