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Article: Study data from University of Michigan update understanding of neuropathy.(Clinical report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 14, 2009
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In this recent report published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To confirm that smoking increases the risk for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow and to investigate potential mechanisms for that increased risk. Prospective case-control study featuring the recruitment of 100 subjects with upper-limb neurologic symptoms: 50 meeting (cases) and not meeting (controls) electrodiagnostic criteria for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow."
"Known risk factors for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow, preferred smoking hand, and upper-limb joint angles during preferred smoking posture were recorded. Subjects ...