Avtor/Urednik		Bošnjak, R; Dolenc, VV
Naslov		Muscle strength restoration after the repair of the radial nerve by grafting
Tip		članek
Vir		In: Proceedings of the 11th international congress of neurological surgery; 1997 July 6-11; Amsterdam. Bologna: Monduzzi Editore,
Leto izdaje		1997
Obseg		str. 2139-43
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		Isometrical contraction force of wrist extension was measured in 11 male patients who had undergone graft repair of the radial nerve. Two to 4 sural nerve grafts had been sutured to the transposed stumps 9-18 years before this study. The maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) and tetanic contraction (TC) forces were measured and compared in the injured and noninjured extremities. The MVC force had recovered by up to 62,7% +- 23 (p<0.05, paired t-test). Increased fatiguability of the affected muscles persisted in all patients. More than 50% of patients had recovered the absolute MVC force to more than the bottom fifth percentile value or 140 N. Some possible reasons for the decrease in force generation in the reinnervated muscles, among which randomness of reinnervation and axon loss at the suture, are discussed.
Deskriptorji		RADIAL NERVE SURAL NERVE NERVE TRANSFER MUSCLE CONTRACTION WRIST JOINT ADULT PERIPHERAL NERVES MICROSURGERY ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION