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Table 4 The relation of integrated findings to symptoms. Absence or presence of any of the defined patterns of neurological findings identified by the secondary examiners related to prior and present upper limb symptoms and to the background for referral

From: Diagnostic accuracy of the neurological upper limb examination II: Relation to symptoms of patterns of findings

  

Number of limbs in which any pattern was identified by secondary examiners

 

Pain, weakness, and/or numbness/tingling

 

Agreement on "absence"

Dis-agreement

Agreement on "presence"

Total number of limbs

Absent (44 limbs)

Never

26

1

2

29

 

Former

12

3

-

15

Present (38 limbs)

Referred for other reasons

1

1

4

6

 

Referred due to symptoms

3

5

24

32

Total number of limbs

 

42

10

30

82