These common injuries with potentially devastating results provide ongoing stimulus for researchers striving for improved understanding of peripheral nerve biology and its application to nerve repair.

1– 6 Peripheral nerves of the upper extremity are exposed to acute and chronic mechanical ... We suggest that repetitive motion and overload of wrist extensors and the supinator muscle are major ...

Initially, all major upper-extremity muscle groups need to be tested ... Patterns and physical findings of specific nerve root compression are given in Table 4. In addition, the characteristics ...

Varicosities of the veins of the upper extremity ... to the other major trunks posteriorly and on which it exerted direct pressure when the arm was in abduction. Even though the nerve trunks ...