Medicare administrative contracts have proposed eliminating coverage for peripheral nerve block procedures for chronic pain ...

A wrist-worn, AI-driven transcutaneous peripheral nerve stimulator is linked to greater improvement in patients with ...

MOTOR regeneration of the median nerve after transection and repair of the median nerve at the wrist occurs in only about 5 per cent of cases. The thumb is incapable of abduction and opposition with ...

A healthy 22-year-old right hand-dominant woman sustained an isolated, right lunate dislocation and ulnar styloid fracture after a fall while bicycling at an approximate speed of 5 miles per hour ...

RELATIVELY little has been written about spontaneous compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. Nevertheless, this condition is probably much more common than is realized. Undoubtedly, some ...

New research shows that university students who most frequently use a smartphone are more likely to have an enlarged median nerve and to have impaired hand function and pinch strength compared with ...

What is carpal tunnel syndrome? Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition marked by discomfort and functional limitations in the wrist and hand due to excessive pressure on the median nerve, which runs ...

Compression or ‘pinching’ of one of the main arm nerves can cause tingling, numbness, and nerve pain in the arm. Physical therapy, medications, and surgery can treat pinched nerves. A pinched nerve ...

The term “pinched nerve” is not a true medical term. Nonetheless, people often use it to describe an injury that results from compression, constriction, or stretching of a nerve or set of nerves. This ...