A randomized single blind crossover trial comparing leather and commercial wrist splints for treating chronic wrist pain in adults

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Thiele, Jill ^a   Nimmo, Rachel ^b   Rowell, Wendy ^a   Quinn, Stephen ^b   Jones, Graeme ^b  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPLINT; WRIST INJURY; WRIST PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HAND STRENGTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450230565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-129     Document Type: Article

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