Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shriners Hospital Northern California; Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedic Service and Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine; Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC San Francisco School

Orthopaedic Surgery

Michelle James practices Orthopaedic Surgery. She went to University of California San Diego School of Medicine. University of California San Diego School of Medicine has a rank of 17 in research and a 19 in primary care Michelle A. James is a published MD. She published 50 publications, including: 'Forearm muscle activation during power grip and release.'

Publications

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• Affected and Contralateral Hand Strength and Dexterity Measures in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy.
• Measuring patient satisfaction in orthopaedic surgery.
• Radiographic Outcomes of Hemiepiphyseal Stapling for Distal Radius Deformity Due to Multiple Hereditary Exostoses.
• Paul R. Manske 2013 award for the best upper extremity congenital research manuscript.
• Paul R. Manske 2013 award for the best upper extremity congenital research manuscript.
• Paul R. Manske 2012 award for the best upper extremity congenital research manuscript.
• Free vascularized fibular transfer with langenskiöld procedure for the treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis of the forearm.
• Evaluation of the box and blocks test, stereognosis and item banks of activity and upper extremity function in youths with Brachial plexus birth palsy.
• The Paul R. Manske Award for the best upper extremity congenital research manuscript.
• The occurrence of wrong-site surgery self-reported by candidates for certification by the american board of orthopaedic surgery.
• Monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the distal phalanx: case report.
• Symposium introduction.
• Very distal radial osteotomy for Madelung's deformity.
• Tendon transfers and releases for the forearm, wrist, and hand in spastic hemiplegic cerebral Palsy.
• Madelung's deformity: diagnostic thresholds of radiographic measurements.
• Challenges of randomized controlled surgical trials.
• Abductor digit minimi opponensplasty: technique, modifications, and measurement of opposition.
• Comparison of self-reports and parent proxy-reports of function and quality of life of children with below-the-Elbow deficiency.
• Congenital longitudinal deficiency.
• Introduction: the science and the surgery of congenital upper-limb malformations.
• Molecular mechanisms to improve Nerve regeneration following damage to the immature peripheral nervous system.
• The role of Nerve signaling in limb genesis and agenesis during axolotl limb regeneration.
• Posterior deltoid-to-triceps tendon transfer to restore active Elbow extension in patients with tetraplegia.
• Failure of differentiation: Part II (arthrogryposis, camptodactyly, clinodactyly, madelung deformity, Trigger finger, and Trigger thumb).
• Posterior Elbow capsulotomy with triceps lengthening for treatment of Elbow extension contracture in children with arthrogryposis.
• Reconstruction of the type IIIA hypoplastic thumb.
• Comparison of pediatric outcomes data collection instrument scores and range of motion before and after Shoulder tendon transfers for children with brachial plexus bir...
• Distraction lengthening of the ulna in children with radial longitudinal deficiency.
• The contralateral unimpaired arm as a control for upper extremity kinematic analysis in children with Brachial plexus birth palsy.
• Use of the Medical Research Council Muscle strength grading system in the upper extremity.
• Regional techniques as an adjunct to general anesthesia for pediatric extremity and Spine surgery.
• Impact of prostheses on function and quality of life for children with unilateral congenital below-the-Elbow deficiency.
• Shoulder external rotation tendon transfers for brachial plexus birth palsy.
• Madelung's deformity: quantitative assessment of x-ray deformity.
• Assessment of children with Brachial plexus birth palsy using the Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument.
• Kinematic assessment of the upper extremity in Brachial plexus birth palsy.
• The association of radial deficiency with thumb hypoplasia.
• Reconstruction of the upper extremity in the child with tetraplegia.
• Late reconstruction of Brachial plexus birth palsy.
• Computer adaptive test approach to the assessment of children and youth with Brachial plexus birth palsy.
• Paul R. Manske, MD editor-in-chief, Journal of Hand Surgery, 1996-2010.
• Nonvascularized toe proximal phalanx transfers in the treatment of aphalangia.
• Forearm Muscle activation during power grip and release.
• Characteristics of patients with hypoplastic thumbs.
• Madelung''s deformity: quantitative radiographic comparison with normal wrists.
• The spectrum of radial longitudinal deficiency: a modified classification.
• The Unilateral Below Elbow Test: a function test for children with unilateral congenital below Elbow deficiency.
• Upper extremity kinematics during functional activities: three-dimensional studies in a normal pediatric population.
• Biceps brachii long head overactivity associated with Elbow flexion contracture in brachial plexus birth palsy.

Schools

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• University Of California San Diego School Of Medicine

• Ind Center Surgery Hand

• California Orthopaedic Association

Procedures Preformed

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• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Elbow Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Closed
• Elbow Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Open
• Excision of Metacarpal and Carpal
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Conditions Treated

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• Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
• Brachial Plexus Palsy
• Bursitis
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Hand Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• UCSF
• University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern California
• University of California, Davis Medical Center

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