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Nerve distribution to the human knee joint: anatomical and immunohistochemical study
Y Hirasawa1, S Okajima, M Ohta
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto City, Japan.
International Orthopaedics
|April 25, 2000
Abstract:
The nerve distribution to the knee joints was analyzed in 5 cadavers and 10 joint capsules specimens were resected during total knee arthroplasty. We found nerve fibers immunoreactive for anti-substance P antibody in the articular capsule. By confocal laser scanning microscopy, we evaluated the three-dimensional structures of the Ruffini's corpuscles and the free nerve endings, both of which were immunoreactive for anti-protein gene product 9.5.