A neurophysiological grading scale for carpal tunnel syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1280-1283

  Bland, Jeremy D P ^a  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Clinical history; Nerve conduction studies; Severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033865991     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200008)23:8<1280::AID-MUS20>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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