Clinical diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome: Old tests-new concepts

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-457

  El Miedany, Yasser ^a   Ashour, Samia ^a   Youssef, Sally ^a   Mehanna, Annie ^a   Meky, Fatma A ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel compression test; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Nerve conduction testing; Phalen test; Tinel test; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL COMPRESSION TEST; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PHALEN TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; REVERSE PHALEN TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENOSYNOVITIS; TINEL TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 46449117637     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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