Reliability of nerve conduction studies among active workers

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1372-1379

  Salerno, Deborah F ^a   Werner, Robert A ^a,b   Albers, James W ^a,c   Becker, Mark P ^a   Armstrong, Thomas J ^a   Franzblau, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnostic tests; Nerve conduction studies; Oarpal tunnel syndrome; Reliability; Upper extremity disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SENSORY NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0032851506     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199910)22:10<1372::AID-MUS6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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