Electrical muscle stimulation increases early reinnervation following nerve injury and immediate repair

International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 315-318

  Willand, Michael P ^a   Zhang, Jennifer J ^a   Chiang, Cameron D ^a   Borschel, Gregory H ^a   Gordon, Tessa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STIMULATION; NERVE INJURIES; NEUROMUSCULAR ACTIVITY; TIBIAL NERVES;

REPAIR;

MUSCLE;

EID: 84897744055     PISSN: 19483546     EISSN: 19483554     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NER.2013.6695935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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