New nerve biomechanical anatomy paper

The paper “An ultrastructural and biochemical analysis of collagen in rat peripheral nerves: the relationship between fibril diameter and mechanical properties” by Sarah Mason and James Phillips has been published this week in the Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. This research revealed that median nerves at the elbow joint showed a pattern of smaller diameter collagen fibrils than were present in the nerves at non-joint regions. This finding corresponds with our earlier work that showed the joint regions of these nerves are biomechanically more compliant than non joint regions. Understanding nerve biomechanics is important for the development of repair and rehabilitation strategies following nerve damage.