Upper limb neurodynamic test 1 and symptoms reproduction in carpal tunnel syndrome. A validity study

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-263

  Vanti, Carla ^a   Bonfiglioli, Roberta ^a   Calabrese, Monica ^a   Marinelli, Francesco ^a   Guccione, Andrew ^b   Violante, Francesco Saverio ^a   Pillastrini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Neurological examination; Reproducibility of the results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELBOW EXTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; LATERAL NECK SIDE BENDING; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROVOCATION TEST; RANGE OF MOTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER LIMB NEURODYNAMIC TEST 1;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79953326706     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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