Sensitivity, specificity, and variability of nerve conduction velocity measurements in carpal tunnel syndrome

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-16

  Lew, Henry L ^a,b,d   Date, Elaine S ^a,b   Pan, Steven S ^a,b   Wu, Peter ^c   Ware, Paul F ^c   Kingery, Wade S ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d VAPAHCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Eletrodiagnosis; Rehabilitation; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11444252370     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.03.023     Document Type: Article

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