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Comparison of single-dose radial extracorporeal shock wave and local corticosteroid injection for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome including mid-term efficacy: a prospective randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have reported that radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) reduces pain and improves function in patients with mild to moderately severe carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) compared to a placebo. However, most of those studies used multi-session rESWT combined with wrist...

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Autores principales: Atthakomol, Pichitchai, Manosroi, Worapaka, Phanphaisarn, Areerak, Phrompaet, Sureeporn, Iammatavee, Sawan, Tongprasert, Siam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5784684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29370788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-1948-3