Usefulness of distal motor latency measurement after palmar stimulation in advanced carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-262

  Kanatani, Takako ^a   Fujioka, Hiroyuki ^b   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^c   Sumi, Masatoshi ^a   Yamasaki, Kyoko ^a  

^a KOBE ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

advanced carpal tunnel syndrome; distal motor latency; palmar stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTAL MOTOR LATENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; PALMAR STIMULATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; THENAR ATROPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 84862219616     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3182570ee3     Document Type: Article

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