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Rehabilitation of Nerve Injuries

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Peripheral Nerve Tissue Engineering and Regeneration

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Abstract

Historically, surgical outcomes following peripheral nerve injury (PNI) have focused on the motor (movement and strength) and sensory losses that patients experience. Rehabilitation following nerve injury goes well beyond these empirical elements of function. Therapists recognize that functional loss resulting from a PNI is not contained to the physical manifestation of symptoms but also has a wider impact on personal and societal interactions. These patient-specific factors have been highlighted in many qualitative research studies. Understanding a patient’s experiences of recovery provides insight into what reinnervation and the resultant return of movement, muscle strength, and sensation mean to the individual. This chapter outlines factors which should be considered when constructing an individual rehabilitation program. Examples are primarily drawn from injuries to the upper extremity, but the principles of rehabilitation can be applied to most peripheral nerve injuries.

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  1. Peripheral Nerve Injury Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UK

    Hazel Brown & Kathryn Johnson

  2. Centre for Nerve Engineering, University College London, London, UK

    Hazel Brown

  3. Occupational Therapist (Upper Limb), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    Suzanne Beale & Caroline Miller

  4. School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

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Brown, H., Johnson, K., Beale, S., Miller, C. (2021). Rehabilitation of Nerve Injuries. In: Phillips, J., Hercher, D., Hausner, T. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Tissue Engineering and Regeneration. Reference Series in Biomedical Engineering(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06217-0_17-1

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