Toe out angle: A functional index for the evaluation of sciatic nerve recovery in the rat model

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 695-699

  Varejão, Artur S P ^a   Cabrita, António M ^b   Geuna, Stefano ^c   Melo Pinto, Pedro ^d   Filipe, Vitor M ^d   Gramsbergen, Albert ^e   Meek, Marcel F ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional recovery; Gait analysis; Rat; Sciatic functional index; Sciatic nerve; Toe out angle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STANDING; WALKING;

EID: 0141448927     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00208-5     Document Type: Article

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