Literature review: Nervepace digital electroneurometer in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 378-385

  David, William S ^a   Chaudhry, Vinay ^a   Dubin, Andrew H ^a   Shields, Robert W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; Electrodiagnosis; Nerve conduction; Nervepace Digital Electroneurometer

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVEPACE DIGITAL ELECTRONEUROMETER; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0037372472     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10343     Document Type: Review

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