Definition of Nerve entrapment

1. Noun. Repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling).

Specialized synonyms: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Generic synonyms: Nerve Compression

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nerve Entrapment

nerve cells
nerve center
nerve centers
nerve centre
nerve compression
nerve compression syndromes
nerve conduction
nerve conduction velocity
nerve cord
nerve deafness
nerve decompression
nerve degeneration
nerve end
nerve ending
nerve endings
nerve entrapment (current term)
nerve fascicle
nerve fiber
nerve fibers
nerve fibre
nerve fibres
nerve field
nerve force
nerve gas
nerve gases
nerve graft
nerve growth cone
nerve growth factor
nerve growth factor antiserum
nerve growth factors

Literary usage of Nerve entrapment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Selected Referencesby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Carpel tunnel syndrome, nerve entrapment INTRODUCTION Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most commonly reported nerve entrapment syndrome [Phalen, 1972]. ..."

2. Physical Fitness: A Guide for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury by David F. Apple, Jr. (1996)
"... into the carpal tunnel may also be utilized as an adjunct to treatment if wrist flexor tendinitis is the suspected cause of the median nerve entrapment. ..."

3. Proposed National Strategies For The Prevention Of Leading Work-related (1988)
"... irritated, or strained, for example, tendonitis, synovitis, bursitis, nerve entrapment, and lumbar pain. Collectively these terms are applied to a broad ..."

4. Cumulative Trauma Disorders in the Workplace: Bibliography by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... and rigidity of this ligament that contributes significantly to the median nerve entrapment problem thai we have come to know as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. ..."

5. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 1994 (1994)
"... irritated, or strained, for example, tendonitis, synovitis, bursitis, nerve entrapment, and lumbar pain. Collectively these terms are applied to a broad ..."

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