Number and morphology of mechanoreceptors in the myotendinous junction of paralysed human muscle

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-200

  Jozsa, Laszlo ^a   Kannus, Pekka ^b   Järvinen, Tero A H ^c   Balint, Jozsef ^a   Järvinen, Markku ^c,d  

^a Orszagos Traumatologiai Intezet   (Hungary)

^b UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Cerebral stroke; Human; Mechanoreceptors; Myotendinous junction; Nerve endings; Spinal cord paralysis; Tendon organ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE ENDING; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 0030066788     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199602)178:2<195::AID-PATH453>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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