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Upper limb asymmetry

MedGen UID:
867635
Concept ID:
C4022024
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: Unequal size of arms
 
HPO: HP:0100560

Definition

Difference in length or size between the right and left arm. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • Upper limb asymmetry

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tiago LMP, Santos DFD, Antunes DE, Tiago LMP, Goulart IMB
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021 Sep;15(9):e0009794. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009794. PMID: 34555035Free PMC Article
Marthan J, Struk S, Bennis Y, Garcia G, Leymarie N, Honart JF, Kolb F
Ann Chir Plast Esthet 2020 Jul;65(4):332-337. Epub 2020 Jul 4 doi: 10.1016/j.anplas.2019.06.008. PMID: 32636046
Coroneos CJ, Voineskos SH, Christakis MK, Thoma A, Bain JR, Brouwers MC; Canadian OBPI Working Group
BMJ Open 2017 Jan 27;7(1):e014141. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014141. PMID: 28132014Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Brassart F, Faupin A, Hays A, Bakatchina S, Alberca I, Watelain E, Weissland T
Scand J Med Sci Sports 2023 Aug;33(8):1473-1485. Epub 2023 Apr 26 doi: 10.1111/sms.14376. PMID: 37186476
Fogl Á, Pálfi G, Molnár E, Just Z, Balázs J, Maák IE
Anthropol Anz 2023 Jan 18;80(1):49-56. doi: 10.1127/anthranz/2022/1478. PMID: 36006059
Pradas F, Toro-Román V, Ortega-Zayas MÁ, Montoya-Suárez DM, Sánchez-Alcaraz BJ, Muñoz D
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 May 26;19(11) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116461. PMID: 35682046Free PMC Article
D'Hondt J, Chapelle L, Droogenbroeck LV, Aerenhouts D, Clarys P, D'Hondt E
Eur J Sport Sci 2022 Sep;22(9):1343-1354. Epub 2021 Aug 17 doi: 10.1080/17461391.2021.1960624. PMID: 34296664
Ahmed AA
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 May 14;100(19):e25840. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000025840. PMID: 34106624Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Buser A, Lindhurst MJ, Kondolf HC, Yourick MR, Keppler-Noreuil KM, Sapp JC, Biesecker LG
Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2020 Jun;6(3) Epub 2020 Jun 12 doi: 10.1101/mcs.a005181. PMID: 32327430Free PMC Article
Fernandes C, Agrawal A, Shreshtha BB, Yogi N, Cherian I
BMJ Case Rep 2010 Dec 1;2010 doi: 10.1136/bcr.06.2010.3117. PMID: 22798308Free PMC Article

Therapy

Boyd RN, Ziviani J, Sakzewski L, Novak I, Badawi N, Pannek K, Elliott C, Greaves S, Guzzetta A, Whittingham K, Valentine J, Morgan C, Wallen M, Eliasson AC, Findlay L, Ware R, Fiori S, Rose S
BMJ Open 2017 Sep 18;7(9):e017204. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017204. PMID: 28928195Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Ahmed AA
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 May 14;100(19):e25840. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000025840. PMID: 34106624Free PMC Article
Morais J, Barbosa TM, Lopes VP, Marques MC, Marinho DA
Int J Sports Med 2021 Nov;42(12):1105-1112. Epub 2021 Apr 16 doi: 10.1055/a-1386-4985. PMID: 33862640

Clinical prediction guides

Plotnik M, Arad E, Grinberg A, Salomon M, Bahat Y, Hassin-Baer S, Zeilig G
BMC Neurol 2023 Jul 26;23(1):279. doi: 10.1186/s12883-023-03321-4. PMID: 37495943Free PMC Article
Fogl Á, Pálfi G, Molnár E, Just Z, Balázs J, Maák IE
Anthropol Anz 2023 Jan 18;80(1):49-56. doi: 10.1127/anthranz/2022/1478. PMID: 36006059
D'Hondt J, Chapelle L, Droogenbroeck LV, Aerenhouts D, Clarys P, D'Hondt E
Eur J Sport Sci 2022 Sep;22(9):1343-1354. Epub 2021 Aug 17 doi: 10.1080/17461391.2021.1960624. PMID: 34296664
Ahmed AA
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 May 14;100(19):e25840. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000025840. PMID: 34106624Free PMC Article
Morais J, Barbosa TM, Lopes VP, Marques MC, Marinho DA
Int J Sports Med 2021 Nov;42(12):1105-1112. Epub 2021 Apr 16 doi: 10.1055/a-1386-4985. PMID: 33862640

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