Magnetic stimulation accelerating rehabilitation of peripheral nerve injury / 华中科技大学学报（医学）（英德文版）

ABSTRACT

The effect of magnetic stimulation (MS) on sciatic nerve injury was observed. After sciatic nerve was crushed in 40 Sprague Dawley (SD) rats, one randomly selected group (group D) was subjected, from the 4th day post-operatively to 3 min of continuous 70% of maximum output of MS daily for 8 weeks. The other group (group E) served as a control group. The nerve regeneration and motor function recovery were evaluated by walking track analysis (sciatic function index, SFI; toe spreading reflex, TSR), electrophysiological, histological and acetylcholineesterase histochemistry. The SFI in the group D was greater than in the group E with the difference being statistically significant (P 6.5 microns) in the group D was greater than in the control group with the difference being statistically significant (P 0.05). It can be concluded that MS can enhance functional recovery and has a considerable effect in the treatment of the peripheral nerve injury.