"Upper Extremity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The region of the upper limb in animals, extending from the deltoid region to the HAND, and including the ARM; AXILLA; and SHOULDER.
Concept/Terms
Upper Extremity- Upper Extremity
- Extremities, Upper
- Upper Extremities
- Membrum superius
- Upper Limb
- Limb, Upper
- Limbs, Upper
- Upper Limbs
- Extremity, Upper
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Upper Extremity".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Upper Extremity".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Upper Extremity" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Upper Extremity" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2010 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2011 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2012 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2013 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2014 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2016 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 2017 | 19 | 5 | 24 |
| 2018 | 18 | 8 | 26 |
| 2019 | 25 | 10 | 35 |
| 2020 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 2021 | 4 | 28 | 32 |
| 2022 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Upper Extremity" by people in Profiles.
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Development of a rat forelimb vascularized composite allograft (VCA) perfusion protocol. PLoS One. 2023; 18(1):e0266207.
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Critically appraised paper: Modified constraint-induced movement therapy is probably the most effective non-conventional upper limb intervention post-stroke. J Physiother. 2023 01; 69(1):54.
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Avascular Necrosis of Capitate and Other Uncommon Presentations of Carpal Avascular Necrosis. Hand Clin. 2022 11; 38(4):479-485.
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Objective Assessment of Upper-Extremity Motor Functions in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Using Wearable Sensors. Sensors (Basel). 2022 Oct 20; 22(20).
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Reply: A Correlation between Upper Extremity Compressive Neuropathy and Nerve Compression Headache. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 01 01; 151(1):169e-170e.
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Migraine Headaches in Patients with Upper Extremity Compressive Neuropathy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 12 01; 150(6):1333-1339.
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A Systematic Review of the Reported Complications Related to Facial and Upper Extremity Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation. J Surg Res. 2023 Jan; 281:164-175.
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Letter to the Editor: Classification of superficial lymphatic pathways in the upper extremity and incidence of lymphatic obstruction according to the lymphatic pathways in patients with unilateral upper extremity lymphedema. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2022 11; 75(11):4328-4333.
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Descriptive Epidemiology of Upper Extremity Septic Arthritis in Children-Review of a Retrospective Multicenter Database. J Pediatr Orthop. 2023 Jan 01; 43(1):46-50.
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North American musculoskeletal ultrasound scanning protocol of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand: update of a Delphi Consensus Study. Clin Rheumatol. 2022 Dec; 41(12):3825-3835.