Ankle kinematics to evaluate functional recovery in crushed rat sciatic nerve

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 706-714

  Varejão, Artur S P ^a   Cabrita, António M ^b   Meek, Marcel F ^c   Bulas Cruz, José ^a   Filipe, Vitor M ^a   Gabriel, Ronaldo C ^a   Ferreira, António J ^d   Geuna, Stefano ^e   Winter, David A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankle kinematics; Axonotmetic injury; Computer gait analysis; Gastrocnemius soleus dysfunction; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT; GAIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; MALE; MODEL; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; WALKING; WALKING TRACK ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038208248     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10374     Document Type: Article

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