Correlation of median forearm conduction velocity with carpal tunnel syndrome severity

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 781-785

  Havton, Leif A ^a   Hotson, John R ^b,c   Kellerth, Jan Olof ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distal motor latency; Entrapment neuropathy; Human

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS;

EID: 33847676887     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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