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Touch localization after nerve repair in the hand: insights from a new measurement tool

Published:2023-11-01 Issue:5 Volume:130 Page:1126-1141
ISSN:0022-3077
Container-title:Journal of Neurophysiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Neurophysiology

Author:

Weber Martin¹^ORCID,Marshall Andrew²^ORCID,Timircan Ronan¹,McGlone Francis³^ORCID,Watt Simon J.¹^ORCID,Onyekwelu Obi⁴,Booth Louise⁵,Jesudason Edwin⁵^ORCID,Lees Vivien⁶⁷^ORCID,Valyear Kenneth F.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Psychology and Sport Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom

2. Department of Musculoskeletal Biology, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

3. Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

4. Department of Plastic Surgery, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Cosham, United Kingdom

5. Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, United Kingdom

6. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

7. Manchester University Foundation Hospitals Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

Abstract

We provide a more rigorous and comprehensive account of touch localization in nerve injury than previously available. Our results show that touch localization is significantly impaired following median/ulnar nerve transection injuries and that these impairments are specific to the territory of the repaired nerve(s), vary considerably between patients, and can involve frequent errors spanning between digits.

Funder

Wellcome Trust

Publisher

American Physiological Society

Subject

Physiology,General Neuroscience

Link

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/pdf/10.1152/jn.00271.2023

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