Three cases of referred sensation in traumatic nerve injury of the hand: Implications for understanding central nervous system reorganization

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 357-361

  Pourrier, Salima D ^a,b   Nieuwstraten, Wilbert ^b,c   Van Cranenburgh, Ben ^c   Schreuders, Ton A R ^a   Stam, Henk J ^a   Selles, Ruud W ^a,d  

^a Departments of 'Rehabilitation   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Center Sophia Revalidatie   (United States)

^d Institute for Applied Neuroscience (ITON)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arm injury; Neuroplasticity; Referred sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HAND; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SKIN; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951882399     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0526     Document Type: Article

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