Denervation and reinnervation in congenital brachial palsy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 600-607

  Scarfone, Heidi ^a   McComas, Alan J ^a   Pape, Karen ^b   Newberry, Rebecca ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Mayatek Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachial palsy; Motor unit number; Reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXONS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0032905437     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199905)22:5<600::AID-MUS8>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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