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2018 Month : December Volume : 7 Issue : 51 Page : 5402-5406

CORRELATION OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES IN CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

Sudhil Thannissery Ramachandran1, Sreejith Kalathummarath 2, Abdul Gafoor S3

1Junior Consultant, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dist. Hospital, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, India.
2Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
3Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Government Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

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