Adaptive response of human tendon to paralysis

Temporalis Tendon Transfer for the Treatment of Longstanding Facial Paralysis

Facial paralysis is a devastating condition with a severe emotional impact on patients as it significantly affects appearance and impairs function. Patients complain of not being able to hold food and liquid in their mouth, not being able to speak clearly, and not being able to smile. T h e i n a b i l i t y t o s m i l e i s o f t e n psychologically troubling to patients. This presents a chal...

Human physiological response to intensity of somatosensory stimulation Applied to the ankle tendon

In order to maintain postural balance, the somatosensory system contributes to balance providing the information on each part of body and its relative position by the receptors of the muscles and joints spread throughout the body. The relationship between the somatosensory system and postural balance has been reported from the experiments that confirmed the increase of postural stability and th...

A modified tendon transference for radial nerve paralysis.

In 1921 Sir Robert Jones described his technique of tendon transference for cases of irreparable damage of the radial nerve. In the original Jones’s technique and its several modifications (Billington 1922, Luckey and McPherson 1947, Scuderi 1949) the pronator teres is transferred to the two radial wrist extensors. This leads to ugly radial deviation on attempted dorsifiexion of the wrist (Fig....

Tendon fatigue in response to mechanical loading.

Tendinopathies are commonly attributable to accumulation of sub-rupture fatigue damage from repetitive use. Data is limited to late stage disease from patients undergoing surgery, motivating development of animal models, such as ones utilizing treadmill running or repetitive reaching, to investigate the progression of tendinopathies. We developed an in vivo model using the rat patellar tendon t...

The Surgery of Muscle and Tendon in Relation to Paralysis and Injury.