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Table 3.

Elbow flexion-gracilis, late period (1992 to date), single transfer.

Neurotizations	No. of patients	Muscle grade
Neurotizations	No. of patients	Preoperative	Postoperative
cC7	4	1.75 ± 0.56^a	3.33 ± 0.77^b	p = 0.016
XI	1	2^a	4^b
TOTAL	5	1.8 ± 0.5	3.46 ± 0.73^b	p = 0.003

Mean muscle strength for Gracilis when it was transferred as a single muscle was 2.8 ± 0.83 (early and late period, Tables 1 and 3)

^aInitial muscle strength from the transferred LD or rectus femoris was not sufficient to flex elbow against gravity

^bFree gracilis has been transferred to augment weak elbow flexion over a previous LD or rectus femoris transfer. The postoperative muscle strength for elbow flexion was the muscle strength from both transferred muscles: gracilis and LD or rectus femoris