Relationships and mechanisms between occupational risk factors and distal upper extremity disorders

PJ Keir, A Farias Zuniga, DM Mulla… - Human …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective The relationships between workplace risk factors and upper extremity injuries from
epidemiological and laboratory studies were examined. Background Epidemiological …

Carpal tunnel mechanics and its relevance to carpal tunnel syndrome

ZM Li, DB Jordan - Human movement science, 2023 - Elsevier
The carpal tunnel is an elaborate biomechanical structure whose pathomechanics plays an
essential role in the development of carpal tunnel syndrome. The purpose of this article is to …

Carpal arch and median nerve changes during radioulnar wrist compression in carpal tunnel syndrome patients

TL Marquardt, PJ Evans, WH Seitz Jr… - Journal of Orthopaedic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to investigate the morphological changes of the carpal arch
and median nerve during the application of radiounlarly directed compressive force across …

Three-dimensional carpal arch morphology using robot-assisted ultrasonography

R Shah, ZM Li - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: The morphology of the carpal arch implicates the available space for the median
nerve within the carpal tunnel. The purposes of this study were to 1) reconstruct the three …

Reliability of measurement of the carpal tunnel and median nerve in asymptomatic subjects with ultrasound

E Bueno-Gracia, M Malo-Urriés… - … Science and Practice, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Morphology of the carpal tunnel changes with varying wrist postures and
compressive forces applied to the wrist. These changes may affect the morphology and …

[HTML][HTML] Median nerve travel and deformation in the transverse carpal tunnel increases with chuck grip force and deviated wrist position

KE Turcotte, AM Kociolek - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Background We assessed median nerve travel and deformation concurrently to better
understand the influence of occupational risk factors on carpal tunnel dynamics, including …

Finite element analysis for transverse carpal ligament tensile strain and carpal arch area

Y Yao, A Erdemir, ZM Li - Journal of biomechanics, 2018 - Elsevier
Mechanics of carpal tunnel soft tissue, such as fat, muscle and transverse carpal ligament
(TCL), around the median nerve may render the median nerve vulnerable to compression …

Dimensional changes of the carpal tunnel and the median nerve during manual mobilization of the carpal bones

E Bueno-Gracia, A Ruiz-de-Escudero-Zapico… - … Science and Practice, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction The carpal tunnel is a clinically important fibro-osseous conduit for the median
nerve and associated tendons. It is mechanically dynamic, such that the dimensions of the …

Location‐dependent change of median nerve mobility in the carpal tunnel of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome

Y Yao, E Grandy, PJ Evans, WH Seitz Jr… - Muscle & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The purpose of this study was to investigate in vivo median nerve longitudinal
mobility in different segments of the carpal tunnel associated with active finger motion in …

Comparing shape categorization to circularity measurement in the evaluation of median nerve compression using sonography

B Yao, K Gan, A Lee, SC Roll - Journal of Diagnostic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: This study aimed to develop a subjective categorization of nerve shape and to
examine the relationship of shape categorizations to measurement of nerve circularity …