Literature review of the usefulness of nerve conduction studies and electromyography for the evaluation of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome

Muscle & Nerve

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1392-1414

  AAEM Quality Assurance Committee, ^f   Jablecki, Charles K ^a   Andary, Chair Michael T ^b   So, Yuen T ^c   Wilkins, Dennis E ^d   Williams, Faren H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Harvard Health Publications   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

carpal tunnel syndrome; electromyography; literature review; nerve conduction study; reference values; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIAL NERVE; REVIEW; RISK; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; THENAR; ULNAR NERVE;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0027452054     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880161220     Document Type: Article

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