Radial nerve mobilization decreases pain sensitivity and improves motor performance in patients with thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-403

  Villafañe, Jorge H ^a   Silva, Guillermo B ^b,c   Bishop, Mark D ^d   Fernandez Carnero, Josue ^e  

^a RSA Don Menzio ^*  (Spain)

^b Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine ^*  (Spain)

^c Department of Physiology   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hand strength; Osteoarthritis; Radial nerve; Rehabilitation; Thumb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMATE BONE; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NOCICEPTION; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PINCH STRENGTH; RADIAL NERVE MOBILIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAPHOID BONE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HAND STRENGTH; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIAL NERVE; THUMB;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIAL NERVE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THUMB;

EID: 84857047161     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.08.045     Document Type: Article

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