Treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome: Who does what, when... and why?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1186-1190

  Taylor Gjevre, Regina M ^a   Gjevre, John A ^a   Strueby, Lannae ^b   Boyle, Carol A J ^a   Nair, Bindu ^a   Sibley, John T ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; SPLINT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SASKATCHEWAN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 34547804289     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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