Comparative study of carpal tunnel compliance in the human, dog, rabbit, and rat

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 652-656

  Tung, Wen Lin ^a,b   Zhao, Chunfeng ^a   Yoshii, Yuichi ^a   Su, Fong Chin ^b   An, Kin Nan ^a   Amadio, Peter C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Animals; Biomechanics; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Disease models; Human

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARPAL JOINT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CARPUS, ANIMAL; COMPLIANCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; RABBITS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 77949805086     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21037     Document Type: Article

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