The significance of motor distal latency after surgical release in carpal tunnel syndrome;Zur bedeutung der distalen motorischen latenz nach karpaltunneloperationen

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 111-116

  Rath, S A ^a   Antoniadis, G ^a   Mauer, U M ^a   Oberle, J W ^a   Braun, V ^a   Richter, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Nerve conduction; Recurrence; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REACTION TIME; RECURRENCE; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030670389     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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