Exercise training improves functional recovery and motor nerve conduction velocity after sciatic nerve crush lesion in the rat

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-77

  Van Meeteren, Nico L U ^a,c   Brakkee, Jan H ^a   Hamers, Frank P T ^a   Helders, Paul J M ^b,c   Gispen, Willem H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; WALKING;

EID: 0031013425     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90013-7     Document Type: Article

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