Development of Kinematic Graphs of Median Nerve during Active Finger Motion: Implications of Smartphone Use.

Certain hand activities cause deformation and displacement of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel due to the gliding motion of tendons surrounding it. As smartphone usage escalates, this raises the public's concern whether hand activities while using smartphones can lead to median nerve probl...

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Main Authors: Hoi-Chi Woo, Peter White, Ho-Kwan Ng, Christopher W K Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4930216?pdf=render