Pain and carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1540-1546

  Duckworth, Andrew D ^a   Jenkins, Paul J ^b,c   Roddam, Philip ^b,c   Watts, Adam C ^b,c   Ring, David ^b,c   McEachan, Jane E ^b,c  

^a QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; diagnosis; nerve conduction studies; outcome; pain

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; WRIST PAIN;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES; OUTCOME; PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880899684     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.05.027     Document Type: Article

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