A sensitive new Median-Ulnar technique for diagnosing mild Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-144

  Bodofsky, Elliot B ^a   Wu, K D ^a   Campellone, J V ^a   Greenberg, W M ^a   Tomaio, A C ^a  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Nerve conduction study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN SENSORY LATENCY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE; ULNAR MOTOR LATENCY; ULNAR NERVE;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 20844451860     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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