Cycling-Related Compressive Neuropathy of the Deep Ulnar Motor Branch in the Hand: Is Sonography a Valid Tool?
| Autor: | Alexandra Zangerle, Wolfgang Löscher, Johannes Deeg, Hannes Gruber, Alexander Loizides |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Acoustics and Ultrasonics Biophysics Wrist 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Imaging Tool Electrodiagnostic testing Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging In patient Ulnar nerve Ulnar Nerve Ultrasonography Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Ultrasound High resolution ultrasound Middle Aged Hand Compression (physics) Ulnar Nerve Compression Syndromes Bicycling medicine.anatomical_structure Female Radiology business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 47:1970-1975 |
| ISSN: | 0301-5629 |
| Popis: | Repetitive vibratory trauma in cyclists is one of the most common causes of ulnar nerve compression at the wrist. This study describes five cases of clinically suspected compression syndrome of the deep terminal branch of the ulnar nerve (DBUN) defined by high-resolution ultrasound (HRUS) with a 18-MHz linear transducer. Reliable HRUS visualization of the DBUN was feasible in all patients. The affected nerves had focally swollen and hypo-echoic changed segments. HRUS is a good imaging tool for the evaluation of a suspicious DBUN neuropathy if no electrodiagnostic testing is available or in patients with mild to moderate clinical symptoms with inconclusive electrodiagnostic results. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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