Predictors of Acute Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Associated With Fracture of the Distal Radius

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1309-1313

  Dyer, George ^a   Lozano Calderon, Santiago ^a   Gannon, Caitlin ^a   Baratz, Mark ^a   Ring, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute carpal tunnel syndrome; Distal radius fracture; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53249119641     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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