Relationship between adverse neural tension and nerve conduction studies in patients with symptoms of the carpal tunnel syndrome;Relação entre tensão neural adversa e estudos de condução nervosa em pacientes com sintomas da síndrome do túnel do carpo

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 2 A, 2006, Pages 277-282

  Mahmud, Mahmud Ahmad Ismail ^a,c   Crespo Merlo, Álvaro Roberto ^a   Gomes, Irênio ^a,b   Becker, Jefferson ^a,b   Nora, Daniel Bocchese ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b GPPA Grupo de Pesquisa Porto Alegre em Doenças Neuromuscular   (Brazil)

^c GPPA Grupo de Pesquisa Porto Alegre em Doenças Neuromuscular ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Manual therapy; Nerve conduction; Upper limb tension test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 33745573735     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000200019     Document Type: Article

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