Quantitative sensory testing of cold and vibration perception during compression of median nerve at the wrist

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 458-464

  Tsuboya, Hideshi ^a   Tani, Toshikazu ^a   Ishida, Kenji ^a   Ushida, Takahiro ^a   Taniguchi, Shinichirou ^a   Kimura, Jun ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound sensory nerve action potential; Conduction block; Ischemia; Nerve compression; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COLD PRESSOR TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MYELINATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIBRATION SENSE; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; COLD; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HAND; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VIBRATION; WRIST;

EID: 34047230239     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20711     Document Type: Article

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