A new clinical scale to grade the impairment of median nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1066-1071

  Caliandro, P ^a,b   Giannini, F ^c   Pazzaglia, C ^a   Aprile, I ^b   Minciotti, I ^a,b   Granata, G ^a   Tonali, P ^a,b   Padua, L ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Clinical scale; Distribution of paresthesias; Spread of sensory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOSTON CARPAL TUNNEL QUESTIONNAIRE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HISTORICAL OBJECTIVE DISTRIBUTION BASED SCALE; HISTORICAL OBJECTIVE SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77952743300     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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