In situ strain and stress of nerve conduction blocking in the brachial plexus

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1311-1314

  Takai, Shinro ^a   Dohno, Hidefumi ^a   Watanabe, Yoshinobu ^a   Yoshino, Nobuyuki ^a   Ogura, Taku ^a   Hirasawa, Yasusuke ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Brachial plexus; Tensile test; Traction injury

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; STRESSES;

NERVE CONDUCTION BLOCKING;

ORTHOPEDICS;

DYE;

ANALYZER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECORDING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRETCHING; TENSION; TRUNK;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RABBITS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0036434754     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(02)00080-3     Document Type: Article

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