The effect of provocative tests on electrodiagnosis criteria in clinical carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1061-1063

  Emad, M R ^a   Najafi, S H ^b   Sepehrian, M H ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Army University of Medicine   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Median nerve; Provocative test

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; WRIST;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 70350567642     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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