Nerve physiology: mechanisms of injury and recovery

RMG Menorca, TS Fussell, JC Elfar - Hand clinics, 2013 - hand.theclinics.com
Peripheral nerve injuries are common conditions with broad-ranging groups of symptoms,
depending on the severity and nerves involved. Although much knowledge exists on the …

Non-surgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis: a aystematic review of randomized controlled trials

SEG Sims, K Miller, JC Elfar, WC Hammert - Hand, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Non-surgical approaches to treatment of lateral epicondylitis are numerous. The
aim of this systematic review is to examine randomized, controlled trials of these treatments…

[HTML][HTML] Peripheral nerve trauma: mechanisms of injury and recovery

RMG Menorca, TS Fussell, JC Elfar - Hand clinics, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Peripheral nerve injuries are common conditions with broad ranging groups of symptoms
depending on the severity and nerves involved. Although much knowledge exists on the …

Length of hospital stay after hip fracture and risk of early mortality after discharge in New York state: retrospective cohort study

…, M Schreck, M Maceroli, B Mahmood, JC Elfar - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Study question Can the length of hospital stay for hip fracture affect a patient’s risk of death
30 days after discharge? Methods In a retrospective cohort study, population based registry …

Peripheral nerve injury and myelination: Potential therapeutic strategies

…, K Gurgenashvili, M Noble, JC Elfar - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Traumatic peripheral nerve injury represents a major clinical and public health problem that
often leads to significant functional impairment and permanent disability. Despite modern …

Parietal activity and the perceived direction of ambiguous apparent motion

ZM Williams, JC Elfar, EN Eskandar, LJ Toth… - Nature …, 2003 - nature.com
We recorded from parietal neurons in monkeys (Macacca mulatta) trained to report the
direction of an apparent motion stimulus consisting of regularly spaced columns of dots …

Erythropoietin accelerates functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury

JC Elfar, JA Jacobson, JE Puzas, RN Rosier, MJ Zuscik - JBJS, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Background: Erythropoietin is a naturally occurring hormone with multiple effects on a number
of different cell types. Recent data have suggested neuroprotective and perhaps even …

Distal radius fracture outcomes and rehabilitation

…, HC Smith, DJ Lee, JC Elfar - … orthopaedic surgery & …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Distal radius fractures account for nearly 1 of every 5 fractures in individuals aged 65 or older.
Moreover, increased susceptibility to vertebral and hip fractures has been documented in …

Perilunate dislocation and perilunate fracture-dislocation

SJ Stanbury, JC Elfar - JAAOS-Journal of the American Academy …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Perilunate dislocations and perilunate fracture‐dislocations usually result from high‐energy
traumatic injuries to the wrist and are associated with a characteristic spectrum of bony and …

Timing of hip fracture surgery in the elderly

DJ Lee, JC Elfar - Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The effect of preoperative wait time for surgery is a long-standing subject of debate. Although
there is disagreement among clinicians on whether early surgery confers a survival benefit …