Usefulness of clinical findings, nerve conduction studies and ultrasonography to predict response to surgical release in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 786-793

  Naranjo, Antonio ^a   Ojeda, Soledad ^a   Araña, Virginia ^a   Baeta, Pilar ^a   Fernández Palacios, Javier ^a   García Duque, Orlando ^a   Rodríguez Lozano, Carlos ^a   Carmona, Loreto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIDAD DE INVESTIGACIÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Diagnosis; Humans; Nerve conduction; Surgery; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM; THENAR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WRIST;

EID: 72949102607     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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