Performance of simplified scoring systems for hand diagrams in carpal tunnel syndrome screening

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-17

  Calfee, Ryan P ^a,b,c   Dale, Ann Marie ^a,b,c   Ryan, Daniel ^a,b,c   Descatha, Alexis ^a,b,c   Franzblau, Alfred ^a,b,c   Evanoff, Bradley ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; hand diagram; scoring; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KATZ SCORE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555197533     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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