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Citation

Cosgrove JL, Vargo M, Reidy ME. Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 1989; 68(1): 15-17.

Affiliation

Harmarville Rehabilitation Center, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Comment In:

Am J Phys Med Rehabil 1989;68(5):256.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2917053

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and severity of peripheral nerve lesions occurring in patients with traumatic brain injury. A prospective study of 132 patients was conducted. Patients fulfilling research criteria (flaccidity, areflexia, abnormal motor patterns) underwent neurodiagnostic examination. Fifteen electromyograph/NCV studies were performed, yielding positive findings in 13 patients (10%); 3 patients were found to have preventable lesions. Many patients had permanent impairment or attendant complications from the peripheral nerve injury that adversely affected eventual recovery.


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