Wire mesh as a post-operative physiotherapy assistive device following peripheral nerve graft repair in the rat

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-76

  Strasberg, Suzanne R ^a   Watanabe, Osamu ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a,b   Tarasidis, Gregory ^a   Hertl, M Catherine ^a   Wells, Michael R ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Autograft; Contractures; Lewis rat; Physiotherapy; Walking track analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEWIS RAT; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RAT; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0030307618     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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