Long term effect of local corticosteroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome: A relation with electrodiagnostic severity

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 838-841

  Visser, Leo H ^a   Ngo, Quang ^a,b   Groeneweg, Sascha J M ^a   Brekelmans, Geert ^a  

^a Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Corticosteroid injection; EMG; Follow up study; Surgery

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PROGNOSIS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857788039     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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