Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: A review of the non-surgical approaches with emphasis in neural mobilization

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-8

  Kostopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Manual therapy; Median nerve; Neural mobilization; Neurodynamic testing

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANATOMY; BODY MOVEMENT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTION TEST; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; MOBILIZATION; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEURAL MOBILIZATION; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PHALEN TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SEMMES WEINSTEIN TEST; SPLINTING; STRETCHING; TENSION; TINEL TEST; TOURNIQUET; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TWO POINT DISCRIMINATION TEST; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VIBROMETRY; YOGA;

EID: 0346099521     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-8592(03)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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