Ultrasonography for Diagnosing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1121-1128

  Tai, Ta Wei ^a,b   Wu, Cheng Yi ^a,d   Su, Fong Chin ^b   Chern, Tai Chang ^c   Jou, I Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Chern Tai Chang's Orthopaedics Clinic   (Taiwan)

^d CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Cross sectional area; Diagnostic accuracy; Median nerve; Meta analysis; Sensitivity; Specificity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MEDIAN NERVES; META-ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HAMATE BONE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDIAN NERVE FLATTENING RATIO; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PISIFORM BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WRIST;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861878975     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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