Sensory nerve recovery following median nerve provocation in carpal tunnel syndrome

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 219-229

  Rosecrance, J C ^a   Cook, T M ^a   Bingham, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030916225     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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