Efficacy of some combined conservative methods in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: A randomized controlled clinical and electrophysiological trial;Karpal tünel sendromunun tedavisinde bazı kombine konservatif yöntemlerin etkinliǧi: Randomize, kontrollü, klinik ve elektrofizyolojik bir çalışma

Turkish Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-46

  Duymaz, Tomris ^a   Sindel, Dilşad ^a   Kesiktaş, Nur ^a   Müslümanoǧlu, Lütfiye ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Dexamethasone iontophoresis; Exercise; Splinting; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONTOPHORESIS THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; NIGHT SPLINTING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PINCH STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPLINTING; TENDON NERVE GLIDING EXERCISE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84859121855     PISSN: 13090291     EISSN: 13090283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5606/tjr.2012.005     Document Type: Article

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