Variations in diagnostic criteria for carpal tunnel syndrome among ontario specialists

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-13

  Graham, Brent ^a,c,d   Dvali, Linda ^a,c   Regehr, Glenn ^a,c   Wright, James G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Consistency; Diagnosis; History; Physical examination

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 30544431591     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20240     Document Type: Article

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