The Claim

Following complete ulnar or above-elbow median nerve sections, the absence of orderly motor unit recruitment is attributed to misdirection of motor axons during regeneration.

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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Cause and effect
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In plain English

When certain nerves in the arm are completely cut, the muscles don't work in the right order because the nerve fibers grow back in the wrong directions.

See the scientific wording

The absence of orderly motor unit recruitment following complete ulnar or above-elbow median nerve sections is attributed to misdirection of motor axons during regeneration.

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 looked at the same nerve injuries as the claim and found that when nerves grow back wrong, muscles don't work in the right order, which supports the claim.

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