Origin of ulnar compound muscle action potential investigated in patients with ulnar neuropathy at the wrist

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 704-706

  Higashihara, Mana ^a   Sonoo, Masahiro ^b   Imafuku, Ichiro ^c   Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^d   Tsuji, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential; Far field potential; Interosseous muscles; Ulnar nerve; Ulnar neuropathy at the wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 77951263941     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21620     Document Type: Article

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