Segmental study of the median nerve versus comparative tests in the diagnosis of mild carpal tunnel syndrome

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1249-1255

  Sheu, Jau Jiuan ^a,b   Yuan, Rey Yue ^a,b   Chiou, Hung Yi ^c   Hu, Chaur Jong ^a,b   Chen, Wei Ta ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Comparative test; Electrodiagnosis; Median nerve; Segmental study; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33744777168     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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