Can studies of the second lumbrical interossei and its premotor potential reduce the number of tests for carpal tunnel syndrome?

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 491-496

  Therimadasamy, Aravinda K ^a   Li, Eileen ^a   Wilder Smith, Einar P ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; CTS; Interosseus lumbrical recording; Lumbrical premotor potential; Median sensory conduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND LUMBRICAL INTEROSSEI LATENCY DIFFERENCE TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 34848829170     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20850     Document Type: Article

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