The significance of longitudinal excursion in peripheral nerves
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In Vivo Electrophysiological Measurements on Mouse Sciatic Nerves
Published on: April 13, 2014
Hand Clinics
|November 1, 1986
Abstract:
It has been shown that nerves do, in fact, have a longitudinal excursion. This excursion is accentuated during adjacent joint motion. It is important for the surgeon treating nerve injuries, compression lesions, and adherent nerves to realize that the restoration of the longitudinal excursion of the peripheral nerves must be accomplished in order to effectively treat the inciting lesion.

