Relative Longitudinal Motion of the Finger Flexors, Subsynovial Connective Tissue, and Median Nerve Before and After Carpal Tunnel Release in a Human Cadaver Model

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 888-892

  Yamaguchi, Taihei ^a   Osamura, Naoki ^a   Zhao, Chunfeng ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a   Amadio, Peter C ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; fluoroscopy; nerve; subsynovial connective tissue; tendon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISEASE SIMULATION; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIUM; WRIST;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOVEMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS;

EID: 47649132307     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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