Sonography and electrodiagnosis in carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis, an analysis of the literature

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 146-152

  Seror, P ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Electromyographie   (France)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrodiagnosis; Meta analysis or review; Nerve conduction study; Sensitivity; Sonography; Specificity; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; GOLD; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; TESTING; TISSUE; TUNNELS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ABNORMAL DATA; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (CTS); ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELSEVIER (CO); FALSE NEGATIVES; FALSE POSITIVE (FP); GOLD STANDARDS; INTERNATIONAL (CO); IRELAND; MEAN VALUE (MV); MEDIAN NERVES; SONOGRAPHIC IMAGING; STANDARD DEVIATION (STD); UPPER LIMB (UL);

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST INJURY;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 44949187549     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.06.017     Document Type: Review

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