Nerve conduction studies show no exclusive ulnar or median innervation of the ring finger

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1492-1497

  Laroy, V ^a   Spaans, F ^a   Reulen, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Innervation variability; Nerve conduction studies; Ring finger; Sensory innervation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNERVATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0032838308     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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