Surgery versus non-surgical therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomised parallel-group trial

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9695, 2009, Pages 1074-1081

  Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b   Comstock, Bryan A ^b   Kliot, Michel ^a,c   Turner, Judith A ^a,b   Chan, Leighton ^d   Heagerty, Patrick J ^b   Hollingworth, William ^f   Kerrigan, Carolyn L ^e   Deyo, Richard A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IBUPROFEN; OPIATE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB ADAPTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLINTING; STRETCHING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 70349292804     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61517-8     Document Type: Article

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