Usefulness of the median terminal latency ratio in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 765-769

  Lee, Kyu Yong ^a   Lee, Young Joo ^a   Koh, Seong Ho ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Median terminal latency ratio; Transcarpal motor conduction study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 63649101648     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.12.041     Document Type: Article

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