A new provocative test for carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 493-498

  Tetro, A Marc ^a,b   Evanoff, Bradley A ^a,c   Hollstien, Steven B ^a,d   Gelberman, Richard H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine

^d Orthoped Surg Med Grp S Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUSSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0031745451     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B3.8208     Document Type: Article

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