THE STRUCTURE OF THE TRANSVERSE CARPAL LIGAMENT: ITS COLLAGEN FIBER ORIENTATION AND THE EFFICACY OF COLLAGENASE IN DECREASING ITS STIFFNESS by
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................................................................................................................................ IV DESCRIPTORS ............................................................................................................................V LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................X LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................... XI ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................. XV ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .......................................................................................................XVII 1.0 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................1 1.1 MOTIVATION .....................................................................................................................1 1.2 CARPAL TUNNEL ANATOMY ........................................................................................1 1.3 CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ......................................................................................3 1.4 TCL FUNCTION AND CTR COMPLICATIONS .............................................................5 1.5 ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES FOR CTS ..........................................................................7 2.0 SPECIFIC AIMS ..................................................................................................................10 2.1 AIM 1 ...................................................................................................................................10 2.2 AIM 2 ...................................................................................................................................11 3.0 FIBER ORIENTATION OF THE TCL .............................................................................14 3.1 OBSERVATIONS OF TCL FIBER ORIENTATION ......................................................14 3.2 SMALL ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERING .........................................................................15 3.3 TCL FIBER QUANTIFICATION .....................................................................................17 3.3.1 Experimental preparation ...........................................................................................17 3.3.2 Imaging preparation ...................................................................................................18
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