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Evaluation of pediatric upper extremity peripheral nerve injuries
2015, Journal of Hand TherapyCitation Excerpt :This may contribute to better outcomes.16,19 However, it was Almquist et al20 that conducted the landmark study that highlighted how central plasticity plays a significant role in sensory functional recovery after nerve injuries. This study demonstrated in monkeys that axonal count and conduction velocity did not differ between nerves repaired in infancy and adulthood.20
Conditions Affecting Accuracy of Peripheral Nerve Reinnervation and Functional Recovery
2015, Neural RegenerationChondroitinase ABC promotes plasticity of spinal reflexes following peripheral nerve injury
2012, Experimental NeurologyCitation Excerpt :It has been reported that children recover better than adults after surgical repair of a peripheral nerve (Jerosch-Herold, 2003; Lundborg and Rosen, 2001; Rosen et al., 2000). Studies comparing outcomes after nerve repair in adult or infant monkeys found that regeneration success was not different, even though functional outcomes were better in the younger group (Almquist et al., 1983). This suggests that the immature central nervous system (CNS) has a greater capacity for central reorganisation.
Cognitive capacity: No association with recovery of sensibility by Semmes Weinstein test score after peripheral nerve injury of the forearm
2010, Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic SurgeryCitation Excerpt :In childhood, the altered sensory impulses given by the hand are much easily interpreted by the somatosensory brain cortex than in adult age. It is thought that this is the result of reduced brain plasticity with age or the other way around, due to the active learning processes and not yet static schemes of interpretation in young children.27 Research with fetal monkeys led to the conclusion that this active sensory rehabilitation by children is of more importance than the accuracy of nerve realignment.11
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