Sensory nerve conduction system for measurement of nerve velocity across the carpal tunnel
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is the basic fringe nerve issue that happens when the middle nerve keeps running from the lower arm into the palm of the hand, progresses toward becoming crushed or squeezed at the wrist and it has impressive work and medicinal services costs. There is dispute as to whet...
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| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Uthm
2019
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3480/1/c6%20DN.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3480/ |
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| Summary: | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is the basic fringe nerve issue that happens when the middle nerve keeps running from the lower arm into the palm of the hand, progresses toward becoming crushed or squeezed at the wrist and it has impressive work and medicinal services costs. There is dispute as to whether occupational factors increase the risk of occurrence of CTS, a disabling condition with a self-reported prevalence of 1.55%and direct medical costs of more than one billion dollars each year in United States adults [1]-[2]. There are numerous electrodiagnostic techniques have been produced to aid the conclusion of CTS, the most common nerve entrapment syndrome [3]-[4]. However, there is no consensus as to which technique is the most sensitive or specific [5]-[6]. The conclusion of CTS can be made certainly in patients who present with the trademark history, physical examination discoveries, and electro-analytic irregularities yet certainty decreases as the introduction goes amiss from these trademark discoveries. |
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