Reduced Longitudinal Excursion of the Median Nerve in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 569-576

  Hough, Alan D ^a   Moore, Ann P ^b   Jones, Mark P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Median nerve; Rehabilitation; Ultrasonography, Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34247197117     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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