Strain in the median and ulnar nerves during upper-extremity positioning

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1032-1040

  Byl, Carolyn ^a,b,c   Puttlitz, Christian ^a,b   Byl, Nancy ^a,b   Lotz, Jeffery ^a,b   Topp, Kimberly ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Cubital tunnel syndrome; Differential variable reluctance transducer; Excursion; Upper limb tension test

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TENSION; TRANSDUCER; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0036860353     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2002.35886     Document Type: Article

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