Severity of Carpal tunnel syndrome assessed with high frequency ultrasonography

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 761-765

  Karadaĝ, Yeşim Sücüllü ^a   Karadaĝ, Ömer ^b,d   Çiçekli, Esen ^a   Öztürk, Şerefnur ^a   Kiraz, Sedat ^b   Özbakir, Şenay ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^c   Grassi, Walter ^c  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d Incesu Caddesi No: 72/2 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Boston Carpal tunnel syndrome questionnaire; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electromyography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEVINE BOSTON CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951022379     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1061-x     Document Type: Article

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