Screening for carpal tunnel syndrome using sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1657-1667

  Roll, Shawn C ^b,c   Evans, Kevin D ^a,c   Li, Xiaobai ^a   Freimer, Miriam ^c   Sommerich, Carolyn M ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Electrodiagnostics; Median mononeuropathy; Musculoskeletal

Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL APPLICATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSTICS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MEDIAN MONONEUROPATHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455188566     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.12.1657     Document Type: Article

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