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Orthopaedic Nursing, 1995
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common work-related injury that has become a major cause of disability. The causes are varied, and prevention is the goal in the workplace. For established cases of CTS, conservative measures such as splinting and medication are the primary treatment with surgery an option when conservative treatment fails.
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Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common work-related injury that has become a major cause of disability. The causes are varied, and prevention is the goal in the workplace. For established cases of CTS, conservative measures such as splinting and medication are the primary treatment with surgery an option when conservative treatment fails.
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Orthopedic Clinics of North America, 1992
Attention in the press and in trade publications has created a widespread public awareness of carpal tunnel syndrome, the most frequently encountered peripheral compression neuropathy. Diagnosis and treatment is facilitated by familiarity with its stages of presentation, association with various pathologies, and appropriated use of predictive tests ...
Michael Madison, Robert M. Szabo
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Attention in the press and in trade publications has created a widespread public awareness of carpal tunnel syndrome, the most frequently encountered peripheral compression neuropathy. Diagnosis and treatment is facilitated by familiarity with its stages of presentation, association with various pathologies, and appropriated use of predictive tests ...
Michael Madison, Robert M. Szabo
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The Hand, 1972
"A woman, age 71, was examined July 17, 1930. One year previously the tips of the second and third digits of the right hand had become tender. Vesicles had appeared on these digits, and ulcers soon formed and refused to heal. There was complete anaesthesia in the distribution of the right median nerve, and the muscles of the hand supplied by this nerve
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"A woman, age 71, was examined July 17, 1930. One year previously the tips of the second and third digits of the right hand had become tender. Vesicles had appeared on these digits, and ulcers soon formed and refused to heal. There was complete anaesthesia in the distribution of the right median nerve, and the muscles of the hand supplied by this nerve
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Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 1996
The incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) appears to be increasing since the advent of computers in the workplace. People performing repetitive wrist movements over periods of time appear to be at particular risk for this syndrome. Prevention of this common entrapment neuropathy can increase the productivity of the workplace as well as avoid ...
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The incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) appears to be increasing since the advent of computers in the workplace. People performing repetitive wrist movements over periods of time appear to be at particular risk for this syndrome. Prevention of this common entrapment neuropathy can increase the productivity of the workplace as well as avoid ...
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Annals of Internal Medicine, 2015
This issue provides a clinical overview of carpal tunnel syndrome, focusing on screening and prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The content of In the Clinic is drawn from the clinical information and education resources of the American College of Physicians (ACP), including MKSAP (Medical Knowledge and Self-Assessment Program).
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This issue provides a clinical overview of carpal tunnel syndrome, focusing on screening and prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The content of In the Clinic is drawn from the clinical information and education resources of the American College of Physicians (ACP), including MKSAP (Medical Knowledge and Self-Assessment Program).
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Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 1971
ERIPHERAL NERVES may be affected by a variety of injuries. If a peripheral nerve is injured in a specific location as the result of a mechanical irritation by some anatomical phenomenon, the condition is called an entrapment neuropathy. This type of nerve injury has been described by the term neuropraxia’ to characterize absence of action in an ...
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ERIPHERAL NERVES may be affected by a variety of injuries. If a peripheral nerve is injured in a specific location as the result of a mechanical irritation by some anatomical phenomenon, the condition is called an entrapment neuropathy. This type of nerve injury has been described by the term neuropraxia’ to characterize absence of action in an ...
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1984
Publisher Summary This chapter describes the clinical aspects of the carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a well recognized condition caused by a lesion of the median nerve at the wrist under the flexor retinaculum. It has been appreciated for many years that a lesion of the median nerve at the wrist may cause isolated thenar wasting ...
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Publisher Summary This chapter describes the clinical aspects of the carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a well recognized condition caused by a lesion of the median nerve at the wrist under the flexor retinaculum. It has been appreciated for many years that a lesion of the median nerve at the wrist may cause isolated thenar wasting ...
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