Compliance with electrodiagnostic guidelines for patients undergoing carpal tunnel release

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-11

  Storm, Seneca ^a   Beaver, Shelli K ^c   Giardino, Nicolas ^a   Kliot, Michel ^b   Franklin, Gary M ^b   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b   Chan, Leighton ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrodiagnosis; Guidelines; Medicare; Physician's practice patterns; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; TENDON SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 11444266166     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.02.027     Document Type: Article

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