The serial use of two provocative tests in the clinical diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 328-332

  Fertl, E ^a   Wober C ^a   Zeitlhofer, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Clinical diagnosis; Manual carpal compression test; Phalen's tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL COMPRESSION TEST; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHALEN TEST; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0031737539     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb01743.x     Document Type: Article

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