Motor unit number estimation in cases with carpal tunnel syndrome

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1263-1270

  Koç, Filiz ^a,b   Yerdelen, Deniz ^a   Sarica, Yakup ^a   Sertdemir, Yaşar ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Güzelyali Mah ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunel syndrome; Motor number estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR HORN CELL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AXONS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CELL COUNT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; REACTION TIME; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 33749007662     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450500516479     Document Type: Article

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