Flexor carpi radialis motoneuron pool in subjects with chronic carpal tunnel syndrome are more excitable than matched control subjects

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-27

  Jaberzadeh, Shapour ^a   Scutter, Sheila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; H reflex; Hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RADIAL NERVE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 31044446821     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2005.02.007     Document Type: Article

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