Accuracy of somatosensory evoked potentials in diagnosis of mild idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-44

  Ilkhani, Manuchehr ^a   Jahanbakhsh, Seyyed Mohsen ^a   Eghtesadi Araghi, Payam ^b   Moayyeri, Alireza ^c,d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Parsteb Pajouheshyar Medical Sciences Research Institute (NGO)   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Diagnosis; Electromyography; Nerve conduction studies; Somatosensory evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WRIST;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28444474281     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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