Nerve compression syndrome

Known as: nerve trap, entrapment neuropathies, entrapment neuropathy 
Mechanical compression of nerves or nerve roots from internal or external causes. These may result in a conduction block to nerve impulses (due to… (More)
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Entrapment NeuropathiesMeralgia Paraesthetica, FamilialMeralgia parestheticaNerve Entrapment

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
A randomized trial of vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spinal fractures.
BACKGROUND Vertebroplasty is commonly used to treat painful, osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. METHODS In this… (More)
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Exercise for intermittent claudication.
BACKGROUND Exercise programmes are a relatively inexpensive, low-risk option compared with other more invasive therapies for leg… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Vertebral compression fractures: pain reduction and improvement in functional mobility after percutaneous polymethylmethacrylate vertebroplasty retrospective report of 245 cases.
PURPOSE To describe the immediate outcome of a large cohort of patients who underwent percutaneous polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Practice parameter for electrodiagnostic studies in carpal tunnel syndrome: summary statement.
Orthodromic SNAPs were recorded over the median nerve using needle electrodes at the wrist and elbow after stimulation of the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Imaging of onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease with voxel-compression mapping of serial magnetic resonance images
BACKGROUND Early diagnosis and monitoring of the progression of Alzheimer's disease is important for the development of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Percutaneous vertebroplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: an open prospective study.
OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of percutaneous vertebroplasty in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Association of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with impaired functional status.
PURPOSE To determine if vertebral compression fractures in elderly women were associated with impairments in physical, functional… (More)
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Mechanosensitivity of dorsal root ganglia and chronically injured axons: A physiological basis for the radicular pain of nerve root compression
The radicular pain of sciatica was ascribed by Mixter and Barr to compression of the spinal root by a herniated intervertebral… (More)
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Permeability of intraneural microvessels and perineurium following acute, graded experimental nerve compression.
Experimental compression lesions of peripheral nerves were induced by applying pressure direct to exposed rabbit nerve trunks. A… (More)
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Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Determination of tablet strength by the diametral-compression test.
 
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