A review of treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 113-119

  Wilson, J K ^a   Sevier, T L ^a  

^a Central Indiana Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PYRIDOXINE; STEROID;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLINTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037417731     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828021000007978     Document Type: Review

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