Screening for carpal tunnel syndrome in the workplace: An analysis of portable nerve conduction devices

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 727-733

  Pransky, Glenn ^a   Long, Randall ^a   Hammer, Kathryne ^a   Schulz, Lisa A ^a   Himmelstein, Jay ^a   Fowke, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVICE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SCREENING; SENSORY NERVE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030835471     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199708000-00007     Document Type: Article

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