Strategies to promote peripheral nerve regeneration: Electrical stimulation and/or exercise

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 336-350

  Gordon, Tessa ^a   English, Arthur W ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Exercise and nerve regeneration; Exercise or electrical stimulation; Nerve stimulation; Peripheral nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES;

EID: 84956587996     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13005     Document Type: Article

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