Functional evaluation in the rat sciatic nerve defect model: A comparison of the sciatic functional index, ankle angles, and isometric tetanic force

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1173-1180

  Lee, Joo Yup ^b   Giusti, Guilherme ^b   Wang, Huan ^b   Friedrich, Patricia F ^b   Bishop, Allen T ^b   Shin, Alexander Y ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; GAIT; HINDLIMB; INJURY; LEWIS RAT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; AUTOGRAFTS; GAIT; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84887289101     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182a3bfeb     Document Type: Article

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