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clipka wrote:
> "Trevor G Quayle" <Tin### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
>> "Compression of the median nerve as it runs deep to the transverse carpal
>> ligament (TCL) causes wasting of the thenar eminence, weakness of the flexor
>> pollicis brevis, adductor pollicis, opponens pollicis, abductor pollicis
>> brevis, as well as sensory loss in the distribution of the median nerve distal
>> to the transverse carpal ligament, sparing the superficial sensory branch given
>> that its branch point is normally proximal to the TCL and travels superficially
>> thus avoiding compression."
>
> Yeah, it seems to me that especially medical and mathematical Wikipedia articles
> tend to be full of such "expert chinese". Things that make you go, "huh?"
Frequently the source is also easy to identify: A lot of these articles cite
some research papers, and if you check you will find the wikipedia article
simply includes some paragraphs from the papers.
Thorsten
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Warp wrote:
> Trevor G Quayle <Tin### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> "Compression of the median nerve as it runs deep to the transverse carpal
>> ligament (TCL) causes wasting of the thenar eminence, weakness of the
>> flexor pollicis brevis, adductor pollicis, opponens pollicis, abductor
>> pollicis brevis, as well as sensory loss in the distribution of the
>> median nerve distal to the transverse carpal ligament, sparing the
>> superficial sensory branch given that its branch point is normally
>> proximal to the TCL and travels superficially thus avoiding compression."
>
>> This is carpal tunnel syndrome in layman's terms...
>
> I'd hate to see the academic formal definition. ;)
>
I think (hope!) Trevor meant "That junk above is, in layman terms, known
as 'carpal tunnel syndrome'".
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