Segmental Carpal Canal Pressure in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 925-929

  Ikeda, Kazuo ^a   Osamura, Naoki ^a   Tomita, Katsuro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpal canal pressure; carpal tunnel release; carpal tunnel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL CANAL PRESSURE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL BONES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 33745714171     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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