JNP Micro Podcasts ”Four Questions”: Tea Lulic-Kuryllo and David B. Lipps

In this micro podcast Dr. Tea Lulic-Kuryllo and Dr. David Lipps of the University of Michigan discuss their recently published research titled "Assessing shoulder muscle stretch reflexes following breast cancer treatment and postmastectomy breast reconstruction."

 

NEW & NOTEWORTHY Shoulder muscle stretch reflexes may be impacted following postmastectomy breast reconstruction and chemoradiation. Here, we examined short- and long-latency shoulder muscle stretch reflexes in two experiments following common breast reconstruction procedures and chemoradiation. We show impairments in pectoralis major stretch reflexes following postmastectomy breast reconstruction and pectoralis major and deltoid muscle stretch reflexes following chemoradiation. These findings indicate that breast cancer treatments alter the regulation of shoulder muscle stretch reflexes.

 

Citation

Assessing shoulder muscle stretch reflexes following breast cancer treatment and postmastectomy breast reconstruction

Tea Lulic-Kuryllo, Joshua M. Leonardis, Adeyiza O. Momoh, and David B. Lipps

Journal of Neurophysiology 2023 129:4, 914-926