The Claim

The size principle of motor unit recruitment can be re-established after nerve section in humans when motor axons innervate their original muscles or muscles with closely synergistic functions.

Source: Patterns of reinnervation and motor unit recruitment in human hand muscles after complete ulnar and median nerve section and resuture.

What the research says

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How it works
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In plain English

When a nerve is cut and then reconnects to the same or similar muscles, the body can relearn how to use those muscles in the right order again.

See the scientific wording

The size principle of motor unit recruitment can be re-established after nerve section in humans if motor axons innervate their original muscles or ones with closely synergistic functions.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Patterns of reinnervation and motor unit recruitment in human hand muscles after complete ulnar and median nerve section and resuture.

    The study shows that when nerves heal and reconnect to the right muscles, the body can use them in the correct order again, just like the claim says.

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