Bilateral deficits in fine motor control and pinch grip force in patients with unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a   Pérez De Heredia Torres, Marta ^a   Martínez Piédrola, Rosa ^a   De La Llave Rincón, Ana Isabel ^a   Cleland, Joshua A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^d REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Motor control; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINGER; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PAIN; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PAIN; PINCH STRENGTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149084489     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1666-4     Document Type: Article

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