Self‐evaluation of walking‐track measurement using a sciatic function index
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Microsurgery
- Vol. 10 (3) , 226-235
- https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.1920100317
Abstract
Recovery of function is of prime importance after peripheral nerve injury and repair. This paper describes a method of obtaining and measuring walkingtracks and generating a Sciatic Function Index (SFI) to quantify functional sciatic nerve recovery in the rat. The reader is provided with a series of walking‐tracks to measure, analyze and compare to those analyzed by experienced observers.Keywords
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