title: Traumatic injury to peripheral nerves.
abstract: This article reviews the epidemiology and classification of traumatic peripheral nerve injuries, the effects of these injuries on nerve and muscle, and how electrodiagnosis is used to help classify the injury. Mechanisms of recovery are also reviewed. Motor and sensory nerve conduction studies, needle electromyography, and other electrophysiological methods are particularly useful for localizing peripheral nerve injuries, detecting and quantifying the degree of axon loss, and contributing toward treatment decisions as well as prognostication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*