Carpal tunnel syndrome: Hand surgeons, hand therapists, and physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians agree on a multidisciplinary treatment guidelined-results from the European HANDGUIDE study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2253-2263

  Huisstede, Bionka M ^a,b   Fridén, Jan ^c,d   Coert, J Henk ^a   Hoogvliet, Peter ^a,e  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e Erasmus MC University Medical Center and Rijndam Rehabilitation Center Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Consensus; Operative; Rehabilitation; Splints; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONSENSUS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SPLINTING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SPLINT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EUROPE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SPLINTS;

EID: 84922479692     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.06.022     Document Type: Article

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