"Upper Extremity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The region of the upper limb in animals, extending from the deltoid region to the HAND, and including the ARM; AXILLA; and SHOULDER.
| Descriptor ID |
D034941
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.378.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Upper Extremity- Upper Extremity
- Extremities, Upper
- Upper Extremities
- Membrum superius
- Upper Limb
- Limb, Upper
- Limbs, Upper
- Upper Limbs
- Extremity, Upper
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Upper Extremity" by people in Profiles.
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Electro-tactile modulation of muscle activation and intermuscular coordination in the human upper extremity. Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 20; 15(1):2559.
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Effects of Type II Diabetes on upper extremity muscle characteristics in older adults. Neurosci Lett. 2025 Jan 01; 844:138039.
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Corticospinal and corticoreticulospinal projections have discrete but complementary roles in chronic motor behaviors after stroke. J Neurophysiol. 2024 Dec 01; 132(6):1917-1936.
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Effects of Type II Diabetes on Proprioception during a Reach to Pinch Task. J Mot Behav. 2024; 56(3):263-274.
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Developing new intermuscular coordination patterns through an electromyographic signal-guided training in the upper extremity. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2023 09 01; 20(1):112.
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Myoelectric interface training enables targeted reduction in abnormal muscle co-activation. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2022 07 01; 19(1):67.
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Inter-muscular coherence and functional coordination in the human upper extremity after stroke. Math Biosci Eng. 2022 Mar 04; 19(5):4506-4525.
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Design and Implementation of an Instrumented Data Glove that measures Kinematics and Dynamics of Human Hand. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2021 11; 2021:7229-7232.
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Alterations in intermuscular coordination underlying isokinetic exercise after a stroke and their implications on neurorehabilitation. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2021 Jul 03; 18(1):110.
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Neural activity modulations and motor recovery following brain-exoskeleton interface mediated stroke rehabilitation. Neuroimage Clin. 2020; 28:102502.