Questionnaire tools for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome from the patient history

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 757-762

  Bland, Jeremy D P ^a   Weller, Peter ^b   Rudolfer, Stephan ^c  

^a EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Diagnosis; Nerve conduction studies; Neural networks; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80054854031     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22158     Document Type: Article

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