The Impact of Muscular Variation on the Neurodynamic Test for the Median Nerve in a Healthy Population With Langer's Axillary Arch

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 474-483

  Van Hoof, Tom ^a   Vangestel, Carl ^a   Forward, Malcolm ^a   Verhaeghe, Bram ^a   Van Thilborgh, Lien ^a   Plasschaert, Frank ^a   De Muynck, Martine ^a   Vanderstraeten, Guy ^a   D'Herde, Katharina ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brachial Plexus; Diagnosis; Median Nerve; Neurovascular Syndrome; Regional Anatomy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BIOMECHANICS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGER AXILLARY ARCH; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE; NEURODYNAMIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49749127699     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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