Precise localization of the motor nerve branches to the hamstring muscles: An aid to the conduct of neurolytic procedures

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1157-1160

  Seidel, Paola M P ^a   Seidel, Geoffrey K ^a   Gans, Bruce M ^a   Dijkers, Marcel ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMUR; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHIUM; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROLYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0029998604     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90140-9     Document Type: Article

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