Anomalies of ulnar nerve conduction in different carpal tunnel syndrome stages

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1155-1160

  Ginanneschi, F ^a   Milani, P ^a   Rossi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrophysiology; Guyon's canal; Ulnar neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 51349083673     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21070     Document Type: Article

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