Diagnostic accuracy of the neurological upper limb examination II: Relation to symptoms of patterns of findings

BMC Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Jepsen, Jørgen R ^a   Laursen, Lise H ^a   Hagert, Carl Göran ^b   Kreiner, Svend ^c   Larsen, Anders I ^d  

^a ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY; ARM; HYPERALGESIA; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33745595914     PISSN: 14712377     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-6-10     Document Type: Article

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