Predicting electrodiagnostic outcome in patients with upper limb symptoms: Are the history and physical examination helpful?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 436-441

  Lauder, Tamara D ^a   Dillingham, Timothy R ^b   Andary, Michael ^c   Kumar, Shashi ^d   Pezzin, Liliana E ^b   Stephens, Ronald T ^e   Shannon, Steven ^f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Electrodiagnosis; Electromyography; Physical exantination; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 0034110856     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/mr.2000.4426     Document Type: Article

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