Sensory distribution indicates severity of median nerve damage in carpal tunnel syndrome

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1619-1625

  Wilder Smith, E P ^a   Ng, E S ^b   Chan, Y H ^a   Therimadasamy, A K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Clinical neurology; Education; Electrophysiology; Median nerve; Nerve conduction; Sensory distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; EDUCATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION;

EID: 44949263783     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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