Sensory re-education after nerve injury of the upper limb: A systematic review

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 483-494

  Oud, Tanja ^a   Beelen, Anita ^a   Eijffinger, Elianne ^a   Nollet, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILIZATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY EVALUATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACTILE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34447627349     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215507074395     Document Type: Review

References (27)

1. Shieh SJ, Chiu HY, Lee JW, Hsu HY. Evaluation of the effectiveness of sensory reeducation following digital replantation and revascularization. Microsurgery 1995; 16: 578-82.
2. Dellon AL. Evaluation of sensibility and re-education of sensation in the hand. Williams and Wilkins, 1981.
3. Dellon AL, Jabaley ME. Reeducation of sensation in the hand following nerve suture. Clin Orthop 1982; 163: 75-79.
4. Florence SL, Garraghty PE, Wall JT, Kaas JH. Sensory afferent projections and area 3b somatotopy following median nerve cut and repair in macaque monkeys. Cereb Cortex 1994; 4: 391-407.
5. Jain N, Florence SL, Kaas JH. Reorganization of somatosensory cortex after nerve and spinal cord injury. News Physiol Sci 1998; 13: 143-49.
6. Wall JT, Kaas JH, Sur M, Nelson RJ, Felleman DJ, Merzenich MM. Functional reorganization in somatosensory cortical areas 3b and 1 of adult monkeys after median nerve repair: possible relationships to sensory recovery in humans. J Neurosci 1986; 6: 218-33.
7. Lanzetta M, Perani D, Anchisi D et al. Early use of artificial sensibility in hand transplantation. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 2004; 38: 106-11.
8. Lundborg G, Rosen B. Sensory relearning after nerve repair. Lancet 2001; 358: 809-10.
9. Palmer PJ. Sensory re-education in the hand following nerve repair using therapeutic guidelines based on neurophysiological function. Br J Occup Ther 1989; 421-28.
10. Donoghue JP, Hess G, Sanes JN. Motor cortical substrates and mechanisms for learning. Acquisition of motor behaviour in vertebrates. MIT, 1996: 363-86.
11. Chen R, Cohen LG, Hallett M. Nervous system reorganization following injury. Neuroscience 2002; 111: 761-73.
12. Kaas JH. Plasticity of sensory and motor maps in adult mammals. Annu Rev Neurosci 1991; 14: 137-67.
13. Lundborg G. A 25-year perspective of peripheral nerve surgery: evolving neuroscientific concepts and clinical significance. J Hand Surg (Am) 2000; 25: 391-414.
14. Wall JT, Xu J, Wang X. Human brain plasticity: an emerging view of the multiple substrates and mechanisms that cause cortical changes and related sensory dysfunctions after injuries of sensory inputs from the body. Brain Res Brain Res Rev 2002; 39: 181-215.
15. Lundborg G. Richard P. Bunge memorial lecture. Nerve injury and repair - a challenge to the plastic brain. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2003; 8: 209-26.
16. Wynn-Parry CBW. Rehabilitation of the hand. Butterworths, 1981.
17. Van Tulder MW, Assendelft WJJ, Koes BW, Bouter LM. Method guidelines for systematic reviews in the Cochrane collaboration back review group for spinal disorders. Spine 1997; 22: 2323-30.
18. Steultjens EM, Dekker J, Bouter LM, van de Nes JC, Lambregts BL, van den Ende CH. Occupational therapy for children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Clin Rehabil 2004; 18: 1-14.
19. Cheng AS, Hung L, Wong JM, Lau H, Chan J. A prospective study of early tactile stimulation after digital nerve repair. Clin Orthop 2001; 384: 169-75.
20. Imai H, Tajima T, Natsuma Y. Interpretation of cutaneous pressure threshold (Senimes-Weinstein monofilament measurement) following median nerve repair and sensory reeducation in the adult. Microsurgery 1989; 10: 142-44.
21. Imai H, Tajima T, Natsumi Y. Successful reeducation of functional sensibility after median nerve repair at the wrist. J Hand Surg 1991; 16: 60-65.
22. Daniele HR, Aguado L. Early compensatory sensory re-education. J Reconstr Microsurg 2003; 19: 107-10.
23. Parry CB. Sensory rehabilitation of the hand. Aust N Z J Surg 1980; 50: 224-27.
24. Wei FC, Ma HS. Delayed sensory reeducation after toe-to-hand transfer. Microsurgery 1995; 16: 583-85.
25. Wynn-Parry CBW, Salter M. Sensory re-education after median nerve lesions. The Hand 1976; 8: 250-57.
26. Juni P, Witschi A, Bloch R, Egger M. The hazards of scoring the quality of clinical trials for meta-analysis. JAMA 1999; 282: 1054-60.
27. World Health Organization. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. WHO, 2001.