Effect of heating on nerve conduction in carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 451-456

  Tilki, Hacer Erdem ^a,c   Stålberg, Erik ^b   Coşkun, Melek ^a   Güngör, Levent ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Liman Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Conduction block; Correction factors; Demyelination; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 11344275464     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000134969.29474.F6     Document Type: Article

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