Levels of agreement of nerve conduction studies and symptoms in workers at risk of carpal tunnel syndrome

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 552-558

  Violante, Francesco S ^a   Bonfiglioli, Roberta ^a   Isolani, Lucia ^b   Raffi, Giovanni B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Work Environment Safety/Health Serv   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Diagnostic tests; Epidemiologic studies; Occupational medicine; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELBOW; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WRIST;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

EID: 13644259773     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0563-9     Document Type: Article

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