Correlation between the combined sensory index and clinical outcome after carpal tunnel decompression: A retrospective review

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-457

  Malladi, Niriksha ^a   Micklesen, Paula J ^b   Hou, Juliet ^c   Robinson, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel surgery; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Clinical outcome; Combined sensory index; Electrodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950288329     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21556     Document Type: Article

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