The median palmar cutaneous nerve in normal subjects and CTS

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 776-780

  Rathakrishnan, Rahul ^a   Therimadasamy, Aravinda Kannan ^a   Chan, Y H ^b   Wilder Smith, E P ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Nerve conduction studies; Neurophysiology; Palmar cutaneous median nerve; Ulnar sensory conduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FINGER; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; PALMAR CUTANEOUS MEDIAN BRANCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33847400446     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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