Prediction of the neurophysiological diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome from the demographic and clinical data

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 964-971

  Gomes, Irênio ^a,b,c,e   Becker, Jefferson ^a,b,d,e   Arthur Ehlers, João ^a,b,c,e   Bocchese Nora, Daniel ^a,d,e  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^c Mãe de Deus Hospital   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^e Porto Alegre Research Group of Neuromuscular Diseases (PARG)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Clinical features; Diagnostic prediction; Nerve conduction studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THENAR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646069674     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.12.020     Document Type: Article

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