Changes in the stress relaxation properties of peripheral nerves after transection

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 694-699

  Toby, E Bruce ^a   Rotramel, James ^a   Jayaraman, Gopal ^a   Struthers, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed; Nerve; Stress relaxation; Transection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE SUTURE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STRESS; STRETCHING; TENSION; TIME; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0344483909     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.1999.0694     Document Type: Article

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