• 턱관절균형의학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.13-15
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• 2015

본 증례에서는 자전거 교통사고후 어깨골절로서 금속판 나사제거수술후 주변 연부조직과 허혈성으로 요골신경마비증상에 음양균형장치(맞춤형 CBA, 표준형 TBA)를 포함한 PBT, 균형침치료 등 구조적 치료)를 통해서 아래와 같이 유의한 치료변화가 나타남을 관찰하였다. 1. 주증상인 요골신경마비증상은 85% 호전되었다. 2. 부증상인 불면증, 신경성위염, 간질성폐렴 증상은 시각적상사척도를 통해 VAS 10에서 VAS 0으로 개선됨을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.148-151
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• 2014

Objective : Posture-induced radial neuropathy, known as Saturday night palsy, occurs because of compression of the radial nerve. The clinical symptoms of radial neuropathy are similar to stroke or a herniated cervical disk, which makes it difficult to diagnose and sometimes leads to inappropriate evaluations. The purpose of our study was to establish the clinical characteristics and diagnostic assessment of compressive radial neuropathy. Methods : Retrospectively, we reviewed neurophysiologic studies on 25 patients diagnosed with radial nerve palsy, who experienced wrist drop after maintaining a certain posture for an extended period. The neurologic presentations, clinical prognosis, and electrophysiology of the patients were obtained from medical records. Results : Subjects were 19 males and 6 females. The median age at diagnosis was 46 years. The right arm was affected in 13 patients and the left arm in 12 patients. The condition was induced by sleeping with the arms hanging over the armrest of a chair because of drunkenness, sleeping while bending the arm under the pillow, during drinking, and unknown. The most common clinical presentation was a wrist drop and paresthesia on the dorsum of the 1st to 3rd fingers. Improvement began after a mean of 2.4 weeks. Electrophysiologic evaluation was performed after 2 weeks that revealed delayed nerve conduction velocity in all patients. Conclusion : Wrist drop is an entrapment syndrome that has a good prognosis within several weeks. Awareness of its clinical characteristics and diagnostic assessment methods may help clinicians make diagnosis of radial neuropathy and exclude irrelevant evaluations.