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Stimulated Jitter Measurements In The Assessment of Recovery After Peripheral Nerve Repair

From the Department of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, UK

Correspondence: Mr M. A. Glasby, Department of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.

The recording of stimulated jitter may offer a highly sensitive, quantitative method for following the recovery of neuromuscular function after peripheral nerve repair. In groups of rats, electrophysiological recording of jitter was carried out on control animals and animals which had had the sciatic nerves divided and repaired 14, 30, 60 and 90 days previously. It was found that values for jitter were highest in the early stages of regeneration and declined with time so that they were within normal limits by 90 days after repair. It is concluded that jitter measurement may be helpful as a test for the postoperative recovery of function in repaired nerves.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 22, No. 6, 772-777 (1997)
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80446-9


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