DocumentCode
1740698
Title
A study of carpal tunnel injury following electrical trauma
Author
Morse, M. Stephen
Volume
2
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
1417
Abstract
Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is sometimes diagnosed post electrical injury. Unfortunately, there is no clear causal connection between electric shock and the electro-diagnostic indications of CTS. One might thus infer that the electro-diagnostic appearance of signal slowing through the carpel tunnel is indicative of electrical injury to the median nerve as opposed to the mechanical compression as expected in CTS. This hypothesis is evaluated based on an analysis using parametric data for human tissues for ten hand-to-hand electrical contacts
Keywords
bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; biological tissues; electric shocks; neurophysiology; carpal tunnel injury; carpel tunnel syndrome; current flow; divider rule; electric shock; electrical trauma; electrodiagnostic indications; hand-to-hand electrical contacts; human tissues; median nerve; parametric data; signal slowing; Conductivity; Contacts; Current density; Electric resistance; Electric shock; Humans; Immune system; Injuries; Muscles; Wrist;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Chicago, IL
ISSN
1094-687X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6465-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.2000.898006
Filename
898006
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