Comparing the effects of iontophoresis and phonophoresis of dexamethasone on the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome

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Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-93

  Bakhtiary, Amir Hoshang ^a   Fatemi, Elham ^a   Emami, Mitra ^a   Malek, Mojtaba ^b  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory agents; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Dexamethasone; Iontophoresis; Phonophoresis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONTOPHORESIS; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; THUMB; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 80052586762     PISSN: 16087046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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