Sonography versus electrodiagnosis for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome in routine practice;Comparaison de l'échographie et de l'électroneurographie pour le diagnostic du syndrome du canal carpien en pratique courante

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 460-465

  Boutte, C ^a   Gaudin, P ^a   Grange, L ^a   Georgescu, D ^a   Besson, G ^a   Lagrange, E ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrodiagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MEDIAN NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 67849130576     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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