Power grip, pinch grip, manual muscle testing or thenar atrophy - Which should be assessed as a motor outcome after carpal tunnel decompression? A systematic review

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Geere, Jo ^a   Chester, Rachel ^a,b   Kale, Swati ^a   Jerosch Herold, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DYNAMOMETRY; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POWER GRIP; PRECISION GRIP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THENAR; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINCH STRENGTH; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PINCH STRENGTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649101537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-114     Document Type: Article

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