Patient-Reported Disability Measures Do Not Correlate with Electrodiagnostic Severity in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Background:. Electrophysiologic studies including electromyography and nerve conduction studies play a role in the evaluation of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), despite evidence that these studies do not correlate with CTS-specific symptom scores. There is a lack of evidence comparing electrophysiolog...

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Main Authors: Jacob E. Tulipan, MD, Kevin F. Lutsky, MD, Mitchell G. Maltenfort, PhD, Mitchell K. Freedman, MD, Pedro K. Beredjiklian, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-08-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001440