Usefulness of hand rehabilitation after carpal tunnel surgery

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 211-216

  Provinciali, Leandro ^a   Giattini, Alberto ^a   Splendiani, Giuseppina ^a   Logullo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Hand rehabilitation; Hand surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 0033973543     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200002)23:2<211::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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