Effects of chronic flexed wrist posture on the elasticity and crosssectional area of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel among chronic stroke patients.

CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that chronic flexed wrist posture may cause atrophy of the median nerve due to chronic compression after stroke and increase in the stiffness of the median nerve. PMID: 29400371 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29400371?dopt=Abstract

Source: Medical Ultrasonography - February 7, 2018 Category: Radiology Tags: Med Ultrason Source Type: research