Frequency-dependent conduction block in carpal Tunnel syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 619-626

  Watson, Bradley V ^a   Brown, William F ^b   Doherty, Timothy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity dependent conduction block; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Demyelination; Frequency dependent conduction block; High frequency nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT CONDUCTION BLOCK; HIGH FREQUENCY NERVE STIMULATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MACHINE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; WEAKNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33646237093     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20513     Document Type: Article

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