Reappraising entrapment neuropathies-Mechanisms, diagnosis and management

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 449-457

  Schmid, Annina B ^a,b   Nee, Robert J ^c   Coppieters, Michel W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Entrapment neuropathy; Management; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GUIDED IMAGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILIZATION; LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEURODYNAMIC EXERCISE; NEURODYNAMIC TEST; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SUBCORTEX; SWIMMING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

DIAGNOSIS; ENTRAPMENT NEUROPATHY; MANAGEMENT; MECHANISMS;

HUMANS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 84887015950     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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