Combination of high-resolution and color Doppler ultrasound in diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-197

  Ghasemi Esfe, Ahmad Reza ^a   Khalilzadeh, Omid ^a   Mazloumi, Mehdi ^a   Vaziri Bozorg, Seyed Mehran ^a   Niri, Sanaz Ghaderi ^a   Kahnouji, Hossein ^b   Rahmani, Maryam ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrodiagnostic tests; Electromyography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUNDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; CUT-OFF; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC TESTS; HEALTHY CONTROLS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-CONTROL; MEDIAN NERVES; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; NON-INVASIVE; PREDICTION MODEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLOR; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 79958827081     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2010.100299     Document Type: Article

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