Diagnosing and managing carpal tunnel syndrome in primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 622, 2014, Pages 262-263

  Burton, Claire ^a   Chesterton, Linda S ^a   Davenport, Graham ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NERVE CONDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SPLINTING; TENDINITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903307967     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X679903     Document Type: Short Survey

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