The effect of the median nerve compression test on median nerve conduction across the carpal tunnel

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 413-421

  Wiederien, Robert C ^a   Feldman, T D ^a   Heusel, L D ^a   Loro, W A ^a   Moore, J H ^a   Ernst, G P ^a   Allison, S C ^a  

^a USNH Okinawa   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Latencies; Median nerve compression test; Median nerve conduction; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROVOCATION TEST; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036789771     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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