Table 7b.

Evaluation of the diagnostic test in 5 selected studies on diagnostic accuracy of sonography as a confirmatory test for carpal tunnel syndrome using QUADAS guidelines ¹¹

	Execution of diagnostic test†	Review bias††
Kwon et al. 15	Y	Y
Pastare et al. 16	Y	Y
Altinok et al. 17	Y	Y
Kele et al. 18	U	U
El Mediany et al. 19	U	Y

Y: yes (followed guideline)

N: no (did not follow guideline)

U: unclear (insufficient information to determine if guideline was followed)

^†“U” in this column indicates that it was unclear if all details of the diagnostic test execution were included

^††“U” in this column indicates that it was unclear if diagnostic test results were interpreted without knowledge of reference standard results