Distribution of paresthesias in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome reflects the degree of nerve damage at wrist

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 228-231

  Caliandro, Pietro ^a,b   La Torre, Giuseppe ^a   Aprile, Irene ^a,b   Pazzaglia, Costanza ^a   Commodari, Irene ^c   Tonali, Pietro ^a   Padua, Luca ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Pro Iuventute   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Clinical features; Nerve damage; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARESTHESIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; WRIST;

EID: 30744475681     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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