Electrophysiological and Functional Effects of Shock Waves on the Sciatic Nerve of Rats

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1688-1696

  Wu, Yi Hui ^a   Liang, Huey Wen ^b   Chen, Wen Shiang ^b   Lai, Jin Shin ^b   Luh, Jer Junn ^c   Chong, Fok Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy; Motor nerve conduction velocity; Peripheral nerve; Sciatic functional index; Withdrawal reflex latency

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBERS; TESTING;

CONTROL GROUP; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL EFFECTS; FUNCTIONAL TESTING; LITHOTRIPSY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; MOTOR-NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; MYELINATED FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SCIATIC FUNCTIONAL INDEX; SCIATIC NERVES; SHOCK WAVES; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SURGICAL OPERATIONS; TREATMENT GROUP; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX LATENCY;

RATS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATION; ECCHYMOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SHAM PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 52049124795     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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