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ArticleJournal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine2015

Reliability Assessment of Various Sonographic Techniques for Evaluating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Anthony D Junck, Eva M Escobedo, Bethany M Lipa, Michael Cronan, Colleen Anthonisen, Eduard Poltavskiy, Heejung Bang, Jay J Han

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Article in Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anthony D JunckDepartments of Radiology (A.D.J., E.M.E., M.C.) and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (B.M.L., C.A., J.J.H.), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California USA; and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California at Davis, Davis, California USA (E.P., H.B.).
Eva M EscobedoDepartments of Radiology (A.D.J., E.M.E., M.C.) and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (B.M.L., C.A., J.J.H.), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California USA; and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California at Davis, Davis, California USA (E.P., H.B.).
Bethany M LipaDepartments of Radiology (A.D.J., E.M.E., M.C.) and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (B.M.L., C.A., J.J.H.), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California USA; and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California at Davis, Davis, California USA (E.P., H.B.).
Michael CronanDepartments of Radiology (A.D.J., E.M.E., M.C.) and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (B.M.L., C.A., J.J.H.), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California USA; and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California at Davis, Davis, California USA (E.P., H.B.).
Colleen AnthonisenDepartments of Radiology (A.D.J., E.M.E., M.C.) and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (B.M.L., C.A., J.J.H.), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California USA; and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California at Davis, Davis, California USA (E.P., H.B.).
Eduard PoltavskiyDepartments of Radiology (A.D.J., E.M.E., M.C.) and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (B.M.L., C.A., J.J.H.), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California USA; and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California at Davis, Davis, California USA (E.P., H.B.).
Heejung BangDepartments of Radiology (A.D.J., E.M.E., M.C.) and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (B.M.L., C.A., J.J.H.), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California USA; and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California at Davis, Davis, California USA (E.P., H.B.).
Jay J HanDepartments of Radiology (A.D.J., E.M.E., M.C.) and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (B.M.L., C.A., J.J.H.), University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California USA; and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California at Davis, Davis, California USA (E.P., H.B.). jay.han@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

Sex Differences in response to an exercise for hyperkyphosisP50AR063043 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI KATZMAN, WENDY BETH · 2012 to 2017
$5.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS P50 AR063043NIAMS NIH HHS P50AR063043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives-The aim of this study was to determine the intra- and inter-rater reliability of sonographic measurements of the median nerve cross-sectional area in individuals with carpal tunnel syndrome and healthy control participants.Methods-The median nerve cross-sectional area was evaluated by sonography in 18 participants with carpal tunnel syndrome (18 upper extremities) and 9 control participants (18 upper extremities) at 2 visits 1 week apart. Two examiners, both blinded to the presence or absence of carpal tunnel syndrome, captured independent sonograms of the median nerve at the levels of the carpal tunnel inlet, pronator quadratus, and mid-forearm. The cross-sectional area was later measured by each examiner independently. Each also traced images that were captured by the other examiner.Results-Both the intra- and inter-rater reliability rates were highest for images taken at the carpal tunnel inlet (radiologist, r = 0.86; sonographer, r = 0.87; inter-rater, r = 0.95; all P < .0001), whereas they was lowest for the pronator quadratus (r = 0.49, 0.29, and 0.72, respectively; all P < .0001). At the mid-forearm, the intra-rater reliability was lower for both the radiologist and sonographer, whereas the inter-rater reliability was relatively high (r = 0.54, 0.55, and 0.81; all P < .0001). Tracing of captured images by different examiners showed high concordance for the median cross-sectional area at the carpal tunnel inlet (r = 0.96-0.98; P < .0001).Conclusions-The highest intra- and inter-rater reliability was found at the carpal tunnel inlet. The results also demonstrate that tracing of the median nerve cross-sectional area from captured images by different examiners does not contribute significantly to measurement variability.

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AlgorithmsCarpal Tunnel SyndromeFemaleHumansImage EnhancementImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMaleMedian NerveMiddle AgedObserver VariationReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityUltrasonographycarpal tunnel syndromecross-sectional areamedian nervemusculoskeletal ultrasoundreliabilitysonography

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