Usefulness of additional measurements of the median nerve with ultrasonography

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 721-725

  Claes, F ^a   Meulstee, J ^a   Claessen Oude Luttikhuis, T T M ^a   Huygen, P L M ^b   Verhagen, W I M ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Cross sectional area; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PISIFORM BONE; PREDICTION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650511063     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-010-0258-9     Document Type: Article

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