A prospective study of prognostic factors for duration of sick leave after endoscopic carpal tunnel release

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hansen, Torben Bæk ^a,d   Dalsgaard, Jesper ^b   Meldgaard, Anette ^a,c   Larsen, Kristian ^a  

^a HOLSTEBRO HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; WORKPLACE; CONVALESCENCE; DENMARK; HAND; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DENMARK; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72349088270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-144     Document Type: Article

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