Test-retest reliability of combined sensory index: Implications for diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1261-1264

  Lew, Henry L ^a   Wang, Leilei ^a   Robinson, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Combined sensory index; Multiple tests; Nerve conduction study; Reliability; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0033853429     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200008)23:8<1261::AID-MUS16>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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