Prospective study of positive factors for improvement of carpal tunnel syndrome in pregnant women

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 778-783

  Mondelli, Mauro ^a   Rossi, Stefania ^b   Monti, Elena ^c   Aprile, Irene ^d   Caliandro, Pietro ^d   Pazzaglia, Costanza ^d   Romano, Clara ^b   Padua, Luca ^d  

^a EMG Service   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Obstetrics and Gynaecology Service   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Cohort study; Outcome; Pregnancy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDIAN NERVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37048999964     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20863     Document Type: Article

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