Population
Adult cats (medial gastrocnemius motor units)
Comparison
Section and resuture of the medial gastrocnemius… vs Normal control animals
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
9 months
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for motoneuron recovery after reinnervation; prospective human studies needed before clinical adoption.
At 9 months following nerve section and resuture in cats, motoneuron electrical and muscle-unit contractile properties largely recovered to normal levels, though force generation did not fully recover in fast-twitch, fast-fatiguing units.
Foehring et al. (1986) studied this question.
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