Study of the ulnar nerve compromise at the wrist of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-186

  Vahdatpour, Babak ^a,d   Raissi, G R ^b   Hollisaz, M T ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Isfahan University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Median nerve; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELBOW DISEASE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; WRIST;

EID: 34249665002     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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