Electrophysiological measurement procedure

The electrophysiological procedure provided an evaluation of the reinnervation of plantar muscles after transection and grafting of the sciatic nerve. Electrical stimuli were applied to the nerve via percutaneous needle electrodes, both proximal and distal to the transection site, and the resulting compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) elicited in the plantar muscles of the foot were recorded using a concentric needle. The time between the stimulation of the nerve and the onset of the elicited CMAPs, termed the distal motor latency, was measured. ... 

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