Optimizing the number of tests for carpal tunnel syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1880-1882

  Robinson, Lawrence R ^a   Micklesen, Paula J ^a   Wang, Leilei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Combined sensory index; Nerve conduction studies; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RADIAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0033652996     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200012)23:12<1880::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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1. Deriving reference values in electrodiagnostic medicine
2. AAEM minimonograph 47. Normative data in electrodiagnostic medicine
3. Literature review of the usefulness of nerve conduction studies and electromyography for the evaluation of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome
4. Test re-test reliability of the CSI compared to single test results
5. Strategies for analyzing nerve conduction data: Superiority of a summary index over single tests
6. Impact of statistical methodology on normal limits in nerve conduction studies
7. AAEE minimonograph 26. The electrodiagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome