Reliability of hand diagrams for the epidemiologic case definition of Carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-248

  Dale, Ann Marie ^a   Strickland, Jaime ^a   Symanzik, Jürgen ^b   Franzblau, Alfred ^c   Evanoff, Bradley ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Case definition; Hand diagrams; Population based studies; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSENSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HAND; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; TELEPHONE; WRIST;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50249131347     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-008-9139-y     Document Type: Article

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