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Percutaneous Localization of Conduction Abnormalities in Human Entrapment Neuropathies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

W.F. Brown  and
S.K. Yates
W.F. Brown*
Affiliation:
the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University Hospital, London, Ontario
S.K. Yates
Affiliation:
the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University Hospital, London, Ontario
*
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, 339 Windermere Road, London, Ontario N6A 5A5
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In human entrapment neuropathies the characteristic abnormalities in conduction are frequently limited to a short segment of the nerve. Recognition and precise localization of these discrete conduction abnormalities may require measurement of conduction over shorter lengths of the nerves than those lengths commonly employed in the clinical laboratory. Techniques are described for the more precise location of the primary conduction abnormalities in median, ulnar and peroneal nerve entrapments. Distinctive or atypical locations of the major conduction abnormalities may point towards different mechanisms in the pathogenesis of these localized neuropathies.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , November 1982 , pp. 391 - 400
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1982

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