What is the diagnostic value of ultrasonography compared to physical evaluation in patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome?

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 853-859

  Naranjo, Antonio ^a   Ojeda, Soledad ^a   Mendoza, Dolores ^b   Francisco, Félix ^a   Quevedo, Juan C ^a   Erausquin, Celia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Median nerve; Physical examination; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38649113628     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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