The effect of the audio-visual-tactile system on sensory recovery following ulnar nerve repair: A case report

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-126

  Hassan Zadeh, Roghiyeh ^a   Mahmoudaliloo, M ^a   Bakhshipour, A ^a   Roofigari, A R ^a   Zadeh, H Shariat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Audiovisual tactile; Hand sensibility; Nerve repair; Sensory re education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FOREARM; HAND FUNCTION; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY RELEARNING; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUTURE; TOUCH; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; HAND; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSATION; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 77950248990     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2010-0543     Document Type: Article

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