RELATIVELY little has been written about spontaneous compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. Nevertheless, this condition is probably much more common than is realized. Undoubtedly, some ...

The concern with the cervical herniated disk and the popular whiplash injury as a source of pain in the upper extremity may exclude consideration of a more distal origin of such pain. It is the ...

70 — Five-year survival rate across all cancers. (The rate applies to the percentage of people who are alive five years after initial diagnosis or start of treatment for a disease. In 1971 when the ...

Objectives: To determine the protective effect of gel padded glove on median nerve compression in the carpal tunnel. Methods: Median nerve conduction parameters, skin temperature, laser Doppler ...

When your hand starts to tingle or go numb, it's common to blame carpal tunnel syndrome, a condition caused by compression of the median nerve at the wrist. CPS can be triggered by repetitive wrist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starting to notice discomfort, numbness, weakness or tingling around your thumb and first two fingers? You could have carpal ...

The elbow is a complex hinge whose basic range of motion occurs in a single plane. Pronation and supination of the forearm result from motion of the radius on the capitellum and at the radioulnar ...

This week we are going to discuss a rather complex condition that has been simplified to the point of being nondiagnostic—the medial heel pain syndrome. Heel pain is a very common condition in the ...