title: [The entrapment neuropathy: a treatable cause of musculoskeletal pain].
abstract: A canal syndrome induces clinical manifestations secondary to the entrapment of a peripheral nerve passing through an inextensible anatomical structure. The injured nerve induces stereotyped or atypical semiology requiring frequently a neurophysiological examination. The most frequently encountered entrapment neuropathies of the upper and lower extremities are reviewed and the treatment discussed, based on immobilization, prescription of oral prednisone, local steroid injection or surgical decompression.
authors.affiliation: Unité nerf-muscle, Service de neurologie, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. fjochsner@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ochsner
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Novy
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuntzer
mesh_terms: D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*