UCL - MD/IEPR - Institut d'éducation physique et de réadaptation, UCL - MD/NOPS - Département de neurologie et de psychiatrie, UCL - (SLuc) Service de neurologie, UCL - (SLuc) Service de médecine physique et de réadaptation motrice
المصدر:
Experimental Brain Research, Vol. 128, no. 1-2, p. 61-64 (1999)
The aim of this study was to analyse the functional impairments caused by chronic median nerve compression at the wrist on hand sensation and manual skill. Hand function was assessed in 11 patients (8 women and 3 men) with severe carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and compared with that of an age- and sex-matched control group. Apart from CTS, the subjects were healthy and the electrodiagnostic examination was normal. The pressure and vibration detection thresholds of the index finger were partially impaired and statistically different (P