scholarly journals Effects of Wrist Splinting for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Motor Nerve Conduction Measurements

2008 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shingo Nobuta ◽  
Katsumi Sato ◽  
Tomowaki Nakagawa ◽  
Masahito Hatori ◽  
Eiji Itoi
1989 ◽  
Vol 236 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Cioni ◽  
S. Passero ◽  
C. Paradiso ◽  
F. Giannini ◽  
N. Battistini ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Guimarães Naves ◽  
João Aris Kouyoumdjian

OBJECTIVE: To establish nerve conduction parameters for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) electrodiagnosis in the elderly. METHOD: Thirty healthy subjects (65-86 years), 9 male and 21 female, were studied. Routine median and ulnar sensory and motor nerve conduction studies, median mixed palmar latency, comparative latency techniques median to ulnar (sensory, mixed and motor lumbrical-interossei), median to radial (sensory), and combined sensory index (CSI) were performed in both hands. RESULTS: The upper limits of normality (97.5%) were: median sensory distal latency 3.80 ms (14 cm); median motor distal latency 4.30 ms (8 cm); median palmar latency 2.45 ms (8 cm); lumbrical-interossei latency difference 0.60 ms (8 cm); comparative median to radial 0.95 ms (10 cm); comparative median to ulnar 0.95 ms (14 cm); comparative palmar median to ulnar 0.50 ms (8 cm); and CSI 2.20 ms. Sensory and mixed latencies were measured at peak. CONCLUSION: Our results establish new nerve conduction parameters for mild CTS electrodiagnosis in the elderly and will be helpful to reduce the number of false positive cases in this age.


2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shingo Nobuta ◽  
Katsumi Sato ◽  
Tetsuro Komatsu ◽  
Yoshinori Miyasaka ◽  
Masahito Hatori

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristel M. Kasius ◽  
Franka Claes ◽  
Wim I. M. Verhagen ◽  
Jan Meulstee

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