title: Radial tunnel syndrome. An investigation of compression neuropathy as a possible cause.
abstract: Conventional electromyographic and nerve-conduction studies usually do not show abnormalities in patients who have a clinical diagnosis of radial tunnel syndrome. Therefore, posterior interosseous nerve-conduction measurements were performed during forced supination in patients who had this syndrome. Only one of sixteen patients had a major increase in latency. Our data do not support the hypothesis that the signs and symptoms in most patients who have a diagnosis of radial tunnel syndrome are caused by compression of the posterior interosseous nerve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verhaar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Spaans
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011826:Radial Nerve; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013484:Supination / Q000502:physiology