Ultrasound treatment in carpal tunnel syndrome: A placebo controlled study;Karpal tünel sendromunda ultrason tedavisi: Plasebo kontrollü bir çalişma

Turkiye Fiziksel Tip ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 96-101

  Ekim, Ayşe ^a   Çolak, Ertuǧrul ^b  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b Biyoistatistik Anabilim Dali   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 58049112178     PISSN: 13020234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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