RESTRICTED MOTION OF THE MEDIAN NERVE IN CARPAL-TUNNEL SYNDROME

被引：107

作者：

NAKAMICHI, K

TACHIBANA, S

机构：

[1] Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Minato-ku, Tokyo

来源：

JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-BRITISH AND EUROPEAN VOLUME | 1995年 / 20B卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0266-7681(05)80153-6

中图分类号：

R826.8 [整形外科学]; R782.2 [口腔颌面部整形外科学]; R726.2 [小儿整形外科学]; R62 [整形外科学（修复外科学）];

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摘要：

Motion of the median nerve was compared on an axial ultrasonographic image in the mid-carpal tunnel in 30 wrists of 15 women with bilateral idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome and 30 wrists of 15 healthy women. During passive flexion and extension of the index finger, the control wrists had transverse sliding of the nerve beneath the flexor retinaculum (1.75+/-0.49 mm), which was regarded as a physiological phenomenon. In contrast, the wrists of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome had significantly less sliding (0.37+/-0.34 mm; P=0.0001), which indicates that physiological motion of the nerve is restricted. This decrease in nerve mobility may be of significance in the pathophysiology of carpal tunnel syndrome.

引用

页码：460 / 464

页数：5

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