Determination of sensitive electrophysiologic parameters at follow-up of different steroid treatments of carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 222-230

  Aygül, Recep ^a,b   Ulvi, Hizir ^a   Karatay, Saliha ^a   Deniz, Orhan ^a   Varoglu, Asuman Orhan ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrophysiological follow up; Iontophoresis; Phonophoresis; Steroid injection; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEKORT; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHONOPHORESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 20244390622     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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