Development and Validation of Diagnostic Criteria for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 919.e1-

  Graham, Brent ^a   Regehr, Glenn ^a   Naglie, Gary ^a   Wright, James G ^a  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; consensus; diagnosis; logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUAL VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33745825191     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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