carpal-tunnel

A patient with symptoms of carpal-tunnel syndrome, for instance, should be able to feel both ends of the paper clip when they are pressed into a finger more than two-tenths of an inch apart.

The Newest Heart Test Is Low-Tech Ron Winslow 2010

And then there's bowling: the strain on spin bowlers' fingers and shoulders can turn them into lifelong carpal-tunnel cases by age 30, while the strain on a fast bowler's body—with up to seven times his body weight transferred through his front foot during the delivery stride—reflects the unnaturalness of the bowling action.

Injuries Hamper Cricket's World Stage Richard Lord 2011

One tends to lose sight of the absurdity of doctors (or mathematicians) wrangling over whether it takes 17, 18, or 25 minutes to do carpal-tunnel surgery, when the value of such surgery ought to be determined by what patients are willing and able to pay for it.

RUC Is the Wave of the Future for American Medicine 2010

I've ridden with several women, who after a century in the saddle literally, experience hand paralysis of the carpal-tunnel syndrome family.

Minding the Gap: Performance Equipment BikeSnobNYC 2010

We grasp it like one of those carpal-tunnel squishy balls, seeking relief.

'The Office' without Steve Carell as Michael Scott won't be business as usual 2010

In 2005 and 2006, patients in McAllen received twenty per cent more abdominal ultrasounds, thirty per cent more bone-density studies, sixty per cent more stress tests with echocardiography, two hundred per cent more nerve-conduction studies to diagnose carpal-tunnel syndrome, and five hundred and fifty per cent more urine-flow studies to diagnose prostate troubles.

Health Care Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

For example, shortly before Roberts became a judge, he successfully argued in the Supreme Court that a woman who suffered from carpal-tunnel syndrome could not win a recovery from her employer, Toyota, under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Toobin on Chief Justice Roberts: 2009

I suspect Maggie Williams developed carpal-tunnel syndrome from affixing of postage on all the mailers sent out with the photo of Obama in a Somali gard.

Hillary Campaign Responds To Obama Hit Over Drudge Story 2009

In 2005 and 2006, patients in McAllen received twenty per cent more abdominal ultrasounds, thirty per cent more bone-density studies, sixty per cent more stress tests with echocardiography, two hundred per cent more nerve-conduction studies to diagnose carpal-tunnel syndrome, and five hundred and fifty per cent more urine-flow studies to diagnose prostate troubles.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

Scientists discovered that ordinary water, when drunk in large quantities (at least four gallons a day), helps prevent baldness, jet lag and carpal-tunnel syndrome.

It's 1996--All The World's A Talk Show 2008