Mechanically evoked sensory and motor responses to dynamic compression of the ulnar nerve

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-311

  Clarke, Elizabeth C ^a,b   McNulty, Penelope A ^a,b   Macefield, Vaughan G ^b   Bilston, Lynne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axonal excitability; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Mechanical injury; Mechanotransduction; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DYNAMICS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULNAR NERVE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; VISCOSITY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33847621185     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20701     Document Type: Article

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