What Can Family Physicians Offer Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Other Than Surgery? A Systematic Review of Nonsurgical Management
Open Access
- 1 May 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Annals of Family Medicine in The Annals of Family Medicine
- Vol. 2 (3) , 267-273
Abstract
BACKGROUND We undertook a literature review to produce evidence-based recommendations for nonsurgical family physician management of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).Keywords
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