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AAEM minimonograph #26: The electrodiagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome
Author(s) -
Stevens J. Clarke
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199712)20:12<1477::aid-mus1>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - electrodiagnosis , carpal tunnel syndrome , nerve conduction , medicine , electromyography , motor nerve , median nerve , clinical neurophysiology , wrist , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , anatomy , electroencephalography , cardiology , psychiatry
The electrodiagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is reviewed, including discussions of old and new techniques of motor and sensory nerve conduction, anomalous innervation, and needle electrode examination. A variety of sensitive nerve conduction studies (NCSs) are available for the evaluation of a patient with suspected CTS. For any particular patient, the NCS method chosen by the clinical neurophysiologist may vary for a numer of reasons, including the severity of the deficit and the presence of superimposed conditions. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 20: 1477–1486, 1997