Preferred sleep position on the side is associated with carpal tunnel syndrome

Hand

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-137

  McCabe, Steven J ^a,b   Gupta, Amit ^b   Tate, David E ^b   Myers, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Case control study; Causation; Sleep position

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955835078     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-010-9308-2     Document Type: Article

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