Ultrasound assessment of the displacement and deformation of the median nerve in the human carpal tunnel with active finger motion

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2922-2930

  Yoshii, Yuichi ^a   Villarraga, Hector R ^a   Henderson, Jacqueline ^a   Zhao, Chunfeng ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a   Amadio, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERIMETAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTION; NERVE MALFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BIOMECHANICS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOVEMENT;

EID: 73349106832     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01653     Document Type: Article

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