Thumb force deficit after lower median nerve block

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Li, Zong Ming ^a   Harkness, Daniel A ^a   Goitz, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SIMULATION; THUMB;

EID: 15444368795     PISSN: 17430003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-1-3     Document Type: Article

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