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Measurements of hand strength were performed using a dynamometer and a pinchmeter.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the median nerve group (n = 11), a moderate correlation (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.694; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .018) was observed between lateral pinch strength and transverse thenar thickness. In the ulnar nerve group (n = 11), longitudinal thenar thickness below the flexor pollicis longus tendon was moderate to highly correlated with pinch and handgrip strengths (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.726\u20100.893; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.05); whole transverse thenar thickness was moderate to highly correlated with pinch strengths (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.724\u20100.836; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Sonographic measurements of intrinsic hand muscle thickness may be a useful tool for the assessment and follow\u2010up of patients with median or ulnar nerve injury.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/mus.27129","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,27]],"date-time":"2020-11-27T04:44:21Z","timestamp":1606452261000},"page":"351-356","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Relationship between ultrasonographic hand muscle thickness measurements and muscle strength following median or ulnar nerve reconstruction"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"63","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4378-5907","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tugce Ozekli","family":"Misirlioglu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Istanbul University\u2013Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine  Istanbul Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deniz","family":"Palamar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Istanbul University\u2013Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine  Istanbul Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ozden Ozyemisci","family":"Taskiran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Koc University School of Medicine  Istanbul Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rana","family":"Terlemez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Istanbul University\u2013Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine  Istanbul Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kenan","family":"Akgun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Istanbul University\u2013Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine  Istanbul Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_8_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/B978-0-323-05602-1.00045-3"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0894-1130(12)80014-7"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/ptj\/67.9.1342"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/mus.24519"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/mus.21015"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1148\/radiology.167.2.3282264"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.04.020"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12891-018-2267-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apmr.2014.11.014"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/mus.25735"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0363-5023(84)80146-X"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jht.2016.11.004"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jht.2017.05.016"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.hcl.2011.10.002"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1053\/jhsu.1999.jhsu24a0064"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jhsa.2013.06.029"}],"container-title":["Muscle &amp; 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