Motor branch of the rectus femoris: Anatomic location for selective motor branch block in stiff-legged gait

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1028-1031

  Sung, Duk Hyun ^a,c   Jung, June Yong ^a   Kim, Ho Dirk ^a   Ha, Bom Joon ^a   Ko, Young Jin ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Femoral nerve; Gait; Muscle spasticity; Nerve Block; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GAIT; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LIGAMENT; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; PATELLA; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0037480044     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00029-7     Document Type: Article

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