Usefulness of electrodiagnostic techniques in the evaluation of suspected tarsal tunnel syndrome: An evidence-based review

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 236-240

  Patel, Atul T ^a   Gaines, Kenneth ^a   Malamut, Richard ^a   Park, Tracy A ^a   Del Toro, David R ^a   Holland, Neil ^a  

^a American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Electromyography; Entrapment neuropathies; Nerve conduction studies; Tarsal tunnel syndrome; Tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANKLE; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 23044506617     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20393     Document Type: Review

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