We wish to thank the editor for allowing us to respond to the letter to the editor,
which raised two concerns: first, whether we kept the subject's hands in the same
position for sensory and motor inching and ultrasonographic studies; and second, whether
we should have determined the nerve length by ultrasound instead of tape measurement
for better accuracy.
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Publication history
Published online: October 16, 2021
Accepted:
September 28,
2021
Received:
September 26,
2021
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- Comment on: Physiological localization by sensory and motor inching studies and structural abnormalities detected by ultrasonographic changes in carpal tunnel syndromeArchives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationVol. 103Issue 2
- PreviewI read the article entitled “Physiological localization by sensory and motor inching studies and structural abnormalities detected by ultrasonographic changes in carpal tunnel” in the August 2021 issue.1 It was an interesting article that evaluated the correlation between ultrasound findings and electrophysiological inching studies. Additionally, the motor inching study precisely measured the second lumbrical muscle, which was localized at the point of anatomic entrapment by ultrasound.
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