Efficacy of a Fabricated Customized Splint and Tendon and Nerve Gliding Exercises for the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1429-1435

  Brininger, Teresa L ^a   Rogers, Joan C ^a   Holm, Margo B ^a   Baker, Nancy A ^a   Li, Zong Ming ^b   Goitz, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Rehabilitation; Splints; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS SCALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; RATING SCALE; SPLINT; TENDON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SPLINTS; TENDONS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 35449002327     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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