Dr. Justin Grant, DO, a fellowship-trained sports medicine provider at Colorado Advanced Orthopedics (CAO), is certified in nerve conduction study (NCS) and needle electromyography (EMG).
Median nerve entrapment syndromes are conditions that occur when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes compressed at various points along its path. This can lead to ...
As the nerve compression progresses ... of the most common problems you may confuse with carpal tunnel syndrome: Ulnar tunnel syndrome: The ulnar nerve passes through a tunnel in your elbow ...
An entrapment point occurs in the course of a nerve where the anatomic configuration may cause constriction of the nerve, or, if trauma has occurred to the area, the particular anatomic ...
79 Many causes of PN do not lead to altered nerve morphology on US, but may predispose to secondary entrapment neuropathy. For example, 70% of patients with systemic sclerosis and sensory complaints ...
We present a unique case of a man in his 60s with a knee intra-articular loose body causing a compression neuropathy on his common peroneal (fibular) nerve (CPN). This neuropathy caused a reduction in ...
Compression of the median nerve within this ... to avoid advancing into Guyon’s canal (an anatomical space containing the ulnar nerve and ulnar artery), aim for the web space between the third ...
Cubital tunnel syndrome is caused by compression of the ulnar nerve as it passes through the cubital tunnel on the inner side of the elbow. Symptoms include numbness and tingling in the ring and ...
Numbness occurs as ongoing compression damages the nerve. As the condition progresses ... These are four of the most common problems you may confuse with carpal tunnel syndrome: Ulnar tunnel syndrome: ...
Extensively nerve conduction studies showed prolonged distal motor latencies of the median and ulnar nerve and spontaneous muscle activity of the small ... a rare cervical myelopathy, caused by spinal ...
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common peripheral entrapment neuropathy resulting from compression of the median nerve ... an additional post-hoc analysis was performed using concurrent abnormal ...