Day-to-day variability of median nerve location within the carpal tunnel

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 660-665

  Goetz, Jessica E ^a,b   Thedens, Daniel R ^a   Kunze, Nicole M ^b   Lawler, Ericka A ^a   Brown, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Day to day repeatability; Magnetic resonance imaging; Median nerve

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DAY-TO-DAY REPEATABILITY; DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; FLEXOR TENDON; HIGH MOBILITY; HIGH VARIABILITY; MEDIAN NERVES; MR IMAGES; MRI SCAN;

LOCATION; RESONANCE; TENDONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; WRIST;

ADULT; CARPAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955665457     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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