Individual finger sensibility in carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1807-1812

  Elfar, John C ^a,b   Yaseen, Zaneb ^a,b   Stern, Peter J ^a,b   Kiefhaber, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; finger; sensibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FINGER; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMMES WEINSTEIN MONOFILAMENT TESTING; SENSIBILITY; STATIC TWO POINT DISCRIMINATION TESTING;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049461026     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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