Median nerve function in patients undergoing carpal tunnel release: Pre- and post-op nerve conductions

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 393-397

  Naidu, S H ^a   Fisher, J ^a   Heistand, M ^a   Kothari, M J ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel release; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Median nerve; Nerve conduction studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242552056     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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