Effects of wrist traction on pain and hand functions in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome;Karpal tünel sendromunun tedavisinde bilek traksiyonunun aǧri ve elin fonksiyonelliǧi üzerine etkisi

Fizyoterapi Rehabilitasyon

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-10

  Coşkun, Gürsoy ^a   Kirdi, Nuray ^a   Can, Filiz ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Physiotherapy; Traction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TRACTION THERAPY; WRIST;

EID: 84865339713     PISSN: 13008757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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