Automatic carpal tunnel syndrome tester

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 826-832

  Stålberg, Erik ^a   Stålberg, Stefan ^a   Karlsson, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automatic quality control; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Neurography; Sensory nerve conduction; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROGRAPHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; AXONS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0343618433     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00252-2     Document Type: Article

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