Compression Neuropathy of the Motor Fibers of the Median Nerve at Wrist Level

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 268-270

  Rizzello, Giacomo ^a   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^a   Franceschi, Francesco ^a   Martinelli, Nicolò ^a   Meloni, Maria Chiara ^a   Quadrini, Rodolfo ^a   Denaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

carpal tunnel syndrome; decompression; median motor fibers; median nerve; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WRIST;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 67649378616     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70068-1     Document Type: Article

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