A new method to define cutoff values in nerve conduction studies for carpal tunnel syndrome considering the presence of false-positive cases.

Yosuke MiyajiMasahito KobayashiChizuko OishiYoshikazu MizoiFumiaki TanakaMasahiro Sonoo

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2019)

This method can be widely applied to solve the statistical problem when the gold standard is lacking, and the outside reference standard is not completely reliable.

Keyphrases

case control
peripheral nerve