Does retrograde axonal atrophy really occur in carpal tunnel syndrome patients with normal forearm conduction velocity?

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2783-2788

  Chang, Ming Hong ^a,b   Liu, Lu Han ^a,b   Wei, Shiew Jue ^a   Chiang, Hui Ling ^a   Hsieh, Peiyuan F ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; CTS; Electrodiagnosis; Motor conduction; Retrograde axonal atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CALCULATION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND PALM; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEEDLE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REACTION TIME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 8844224954     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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