Medial thenar recording in normal subjects and carpal tunnel syndrome

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 757-761

  Wilder Smith, Einar P V ^a   Chan, Y H ^a   Kannan, T Aravinda ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

2 LINT; Abductor Pollices Brevis; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Flexor Pollicis Brevis; Medial thenar muscles; Median motor latency; Nerve conduction studies; Oppones pollices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33847419144     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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