BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We determined the reliability of ultrasonography (US) measurements for diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and their correlation with symptom duration and electrophysiology findings. We determined whether the ratio of the median-to-ulnar cross-sectional areas (CSAs) can support CTS diagnoses. METHODS The pisiform CSA (CSA(pisiform)), swelling ratio (SR), palmar bowi...

1 Tokamak fuelling using high velocity compact torus (CTs) Compact toroids (CTs) are self-organized magnetized plasmoids in a nearly force-free Taylor state. In the laboratory, CTs can be formed using coaxial electrodes and a solenoid magnetic field coil. The resultant CT equilibrium is sufficiently robust that it can withstand extremely large acceleration ( > 10 g) and can achieve high final v...

Computation trees with operation set S f+;?; ;DIV; DIV c g (S-CTs) are considered. DIV denotes integer division, DIV c integer division by constants. We characterize the families of languages L Z Z n that can be recognized by S-CTs, separate the computational capabilities of S-CTs for diierent operation sets S, and prove lower bounds for the depth of such trees.

Pendahuluan: Proses kerja pengemasan ikan yang menghabiskan waktu 3-4 jam dengan menggunakan tangan menyebabkan pekerja ini berisiko mengalami keluhan otot pergelangan yaitu carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Salah satu risiko pemicu terjadinya CTS adalah gerakan berulang dalam melakukan pekerjaan tangan. Tujuan penelitian menganalisis hubungan repetitif/berulang kejadian pada ikan. Metode: Peneliti...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the source of substantial workers' compensation claims in industrialized countries. Its pathogenesis, however, continues to be questioned. The purpose of the present study was to assess the attitudes of Canadian plastic surgeons toward Workers' Compensation Board (WCB)-supported claims for CTS and to assess patterns of resource allocation across Canada. Sixty-sev...

Collective Thomson scattering (CTS) has been proposed for measuring the phase space distribution of confined fast ion populations in ITER plasmas. This study determines the impact of fast ions accelerated by ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) on the ability of CTS to diagnose fusion alphas in ITER. The investigated ICRH scenarios include pure second harmonic tritium heating and He minority ...

AIM To investigate and compare the histological findings of patients with diabetes, hypothyroidism and idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). MATERIAL AND METHODS Subsynovial connective tissue samples of 51 idiopathic CTS patients (Group 1), 58 diabetic CTS patients (Group 2) and 16 hypothyroid CTS patients (Group 3) were evaluated in this study. The histopathological examination parameters...

BACKGROUND Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) compromises fine sensorimotor function during activities of daily living. Reach-to-pinch for a small object requires not only dexterity of the grasping digits, but also coordinated transport of the hand to the target. This study examined the effects of CTS on the kinematic performance of reach-to-pinch maneuver. METHODS Eleven CTS subjects and 11 able-b...

The distribution of chromatin within the mammalian nucleus is constrained by its organization into chromosome territories (CTs). However, recent studies have suggested that promiscuous intra- and inter-chromosomal interactions play fundamental roles in regulating chromatin function and so might define the spatial integrity of CTs. In order to test the extent of DNA mixing between CTs, DNA foci ...

It was performed electroneurographic (ENG) studies with surface electrodes and examined nervus medianus (NM) in  patients ( females), average age of , years (X±SD=,±), with clinical diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and at least one border or discrete abnormal value of conventional electrophysiological tests. It was also examined  healthy individuals ( females) as cont...