Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in patients with fibromyalgia

Rheumatology International

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 68-70

  Sarmer, Sercan ^a   Yavuzer, Güneş ^a   Küçükdeveci, Ayşe ^a   Ergin, Süreyya ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrophysiology; Fibromyalgia; Paresthesias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PARESTHESIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THENAR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THUMB;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARESTHESIA; THUMB; HUMANS;

EID: 0035985380     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-002-0192-0     Document Type: Article

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