The median nerve is one of many peripheral nerves that extend throughout the body. This nerve in particular provides important control of the hand, wrist, and forearm and is commonly associated with ...

An estimated one in five clinic visits in the U.S. are for carpal tunnel syndrome, and a Finnish study found that about 3 percent of the population gets a surgical procedure to relieve it. (Getty ...

This week we are going to discuss not an injury but a specific test that is performed to diagnose an injury. That test? The nerve conduction velocity test or NCV/EMG. The nerve conduction velocity ...

This week we are going to discuss a diagnostic test which is often ordered to differentiate between diseases of the nerve and muscle, as well as the nerve itself and the myelin sheath of the nerve. A ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common condition that causes pain, numbness, tingling and weakness in the hand and arm. It occurs when the median nerve, one of the major nerves to the hand, is compressed ...