The Relationship Between Electrodiagnostic Findings and Patient Symptoms and Function in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-24

  Chan, Leighton ^a   Turner, Judith A ^a   Comstock, Bryan A ^b   Levenson, Linda M ^b   Hollingworth, William ^a   Heagerty, Patrick J ^b   Kliot, Michel ^b   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrodiagnosis; Rehabilitation; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST PAIN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 33845891041     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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