Does Sensory Relearning Improve Tactile Function After Carpal Tunnel Decompression? A Pragmatic, Assessor-blinded, Randomized Clinical Trial

Overview

Journal J Hand Surg Eur Vol

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialties Emergency Medicine
General Surgery

Date 2016 Jul 13

PMID 27402282

Citations 3

Authors

C Jerosch-Herold

J Houghton

L Miller

L Shepstone

Affiliations

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Abstract

Level Of Evidence: II.

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