Carpal tunnel syndrome, the most common entrapment neuropathy of the upper extremity, is caused by compression of the median nerve as it travels through the carpal tunnel. Classically, patients with the condition experience pain and paresthesias in the distribution of the median nerve, which includes the palmar aspect of the thumb, index and middle fingers, and radial half of the ring finger. A...

This article reviews the research literature on the direct effects of brain damage on the visual functioning of children and the electrodiagnostic tests used to diagnose them. Although the studies documented that brain damage affects visual functioning, they suggested that the prognosis for good functional vision after remedial intervention is more optimistic than was previously thought. They a...

Andrew J. Haig, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; John C. Kincaid, MD, Indiana University, Indianapolis; Timothy Dillingham, MD, MS, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Peter Grant, MD, private practice, Medford, OR: A recent article by Charles and Souayah concludes that electrodiagnostic testing for spinal disorders is of little value. As neurologists and physiatrist subspecialists ...

PURPOSE Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common focal neuropathy. It is typically diagnosed clinically and confirmed by abnormal median nerve conduction across the wrist (median neuropathy [MN]). In-office nerve conduction testing devices facilitate performance of nerve conduction studies (NCS) and are used by hand surgeons in the evaluation of patients with upper extremity symptoms. The purp...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the presence of cranial neuropathy in patients with platinum-analogue chemotherapy using electrodiagnostic evaluations. METHODS Thirty-nine patients whose chemotherapy was completed within a month and 40 control subjects were enrolled in the study. Electrodiagnostic evaluation was performed using sensory and motor nerve conduction studies and blink reflex studies, in ...

introduction:  carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is the most common compressive neuropathy. several surgical and nonsurgical treatments have been proposed for this syndrome, but there is no consensus regarding the prioritization of the suggested nonsurgical treatments. the goal of this study was to compare the long term effects of laser therapy versus local corticosteroid injection in the treatment ...