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  • Clinical Neurology
  • Sensory Physiology

Background:

  • Unilateral brachial plexus injury (BPI) significantly impacts upper limb function.
  • Sensory impairment mapping in both injured and uninjured limbs is crucial for understanding BPI's full effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively map sensory deficits in both upper limbs following unilateral BPI.
  • To investigate potential cross-limb sensory alterations and their correlation with injury severity.

Main Methods:

  • Touch sensation was quantified using Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments at specific points of exclusive innervation (PEIs).
  • Bilateral testing was performed on 17 BPI patients and 14 healthy controls across six PEIs.
  • Statistical analyses, including K-means clustering, were used to compare sensory thresholds between groups and correlate findings with injury severity and limb dominance.

Main Results:

  • Patients with BPI exhibited significant sensory impairment in the injured limb across all tested PEIs compared to controls.
  • The uninjured limb also showed reduced tactile sensation in specific PEIs (median, radial, ulnar, MABC) compared to controls.
  • Sensory alterations in the uninjured limb were more pronounced in right-dominant injured limbs and correlated with the severity of sensory loss in the injured limb.

Conclusions:

  • BPI causes extensive sensory loss in the affected limb, precisely mappable to specific nerve territories.
  • Unilateral BPI induces bilateral sensory changes, affecting the uninjured limb's tactile sensitivity.
  • Findings support a model of bilateral representational plasticity in the brain following unilateral peripheral nerve injury.