Sensitivity and specificity of terminal latency index and residual latency in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1078-1084

  Uzar, Ertugrul ^a   Tamam, Y ^a   Acar, A ^a   Yucel, Y ^a   Palanci, Y ^a   Cansever, S ^a   Ugur Cevik, M ^a   Tasdemir, N ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Diagnosis; Electromyography; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURTH FINGER MEDIAN ULNAR SENSORY LATENCY INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL DISTAL SENSORY LATENCY INDEX; MEDIAN RESIDUAL LATENCY INDEX; MEDIAN TERMINAL LATENCY INDEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TIME FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054850029     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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