Influence of age and the severity of median nerve compression on forearm median motor conduction velocity in carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 642-646

  Kommalage, Mahinda ^a   Pathirana, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

age; carpal tunnel syndrome; median nerve; motor conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREARM MEDIAN MOTOR CONDUCTION VELOCITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE COMPRESSION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027946900     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31823cc0df.     Document Type: Article

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