Anatomical localisations
The median nerve can become compressed at or just below the level of the elbow. This may happen at thee different localisations:
- At the level of the bicipital aponeurosis (lacertus fibrosus)
- At the point where the nerve dips between the two heads (caput superficiale and caput profundum) of the pronator teres
- When the nerve courses under the fibrous arcade, formed by the two heads of the flexor digitorum profundus.