Symptom severity, functional status, and preventive or palliative measures employed by hand therapists experiencing carpal tunnel syndrome

Work

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-144

  Sefcovic, Angela D ^a,b   Tuason, Elena J ^a   Asaad, Tara J ^a   Dawson, Abigail M ^a   Lundberg, Tamsie M ^a   Moreau, Jennifer E ^a   Dale, Lucinda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAND INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033984535     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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