Brief post-surgical electrical stimulation accelerates axon regeneration and muscle reinnervation without affecting the functional measures in carpal tunnel syndrome patients

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 192-202

  Gordon, Tessa ^a   Amirjani, Nasim ^a   Edwards, David C ^a   Chan, K Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Electrical stimulation; Hand muscles; Human; Motor evoked potential; Motor unit numbers; Peripheral nerve injury; Reinnervation; Sensory evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CARPEN TUNNEL RELEASE SURGERY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER ESTIMATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950857664     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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