A prospective study of the long-term efficacy of local methyl prednisolone acetate injection in the management of mild carpal tunnel syndrome

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 647-650

  Agarwal, Vikasag ^b   Singh, R ^b   Sachdev, A ^b   Wiclaff, ^b   Shekhar, S ^b   Goel, D ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE HOSPITAL TRUST   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Local glucocorticoid; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THENAR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REACTION TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244457649     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh571     Document Type: Article

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