Assessing the accuracy of a combination of clinical tests for identifying carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 929-933

  Boland, Robert A ^a,b   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Diagnosis; Provocative tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED CARPAL COMPRESSION TEST; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHALEN TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THENAR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349106679     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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