Tunnel Syndromes
Subtitle: Peripheral Nerve Compression Syndromes, Third Edition
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: August 16, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780849309526
Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Orthopaedics & fractures; diagnosis; Medical / Nursing; Diseases Of Peripheral Nerves; Neuromuscular Disorders; therapy; Orthopedics; Medical; Nerve Compression Syndromes; Allied Health Services - General; Neurology - General; Medical / Neurology; etiology; Entrapment neuropathies
First sentence: As they pass through bony, fibrous, osteofibrous, and fibromuscular tunnels, nerves, from their origin in the spinal cord to their effector organ, risk compression, damage, and impairment of their end function.