Occurrence and distribution of free nerve endings in the distal iliotibial tract system of the knee

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-115

  Lobenhoffer, P ^a   Biedert, R ^b   Stauffer, E ^c   Lattermann, Chr ^a   Gerich, T G ^a   Muller W ^d  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Institute of Sport Sciences   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Kantonsspital Bruderholz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Free nerve ending; Iliotibial tract; Knee joint; Pain receptors; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KNEE; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MECHANORECEPTORS; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 0030331423     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01477263     Document Type: Article

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