Reconstruction of tonic vibration reflex in the biceps brachii reinnervated by transferred intercostal nerves in patients with brachial plexus injury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-4

  Sai, Kousei ^a   Kanamaru, Arata ^a   Sibuya, Masato ^a   Homma, Ikuo ^a   Hara, Tetsuya ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Dentistry Oral surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Intercostal nerve transfer; Mechanoreceptor; Muscle afferent; Sensory reinnervation; Tonic vibration reflex (TVR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MECHANORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0029916732     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12411-3     Document Type: Article

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