A Comparison of the Benefits of Sonography and Electrophysiologic Measurements as Predictors of Symptom Severity and Functional Status in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 743-748

  Kaymak, Bayram ^a   Özçakar, Levent ^a   Çetin, Alp ^a   Candan Çetin, Meral ^a   Akinci, Ayşen ^a   Hasçelik, Zafer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electromyography; Rehabilitation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 40949154371     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.041     Document Type: Article

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