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    Investigating the effectiveness of full-time wrist splinting and education in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.

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    Hall, B.
    Lee, Hoe
    Fitzgerald, H.
    Byrne, B.
    Barton, A.
    Lee, A.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Hall, Barbara and Lee, Hoe C. and Fitzgerald, Helen and Byrne, Brent and Barton, Annette and Lee, Andy H. 2013. Investigating the effectiveness of full-time wrist splinting and education in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: A randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy 67 (4): pp. 448-459.
    Source Title
    The American Journal of Occupational Therapy
    DOI
    10.5014/ajot.2013.006031
    ISSN
    0272-9490
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3069
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This study investigated the effects of wearing a wrist support splint for 8 wk and receiving a formal education program on patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), as well as factors associated with patients’ desire to seek surgical intervention. Participants were recruited from a hospital surgical wait list and randomly assigned to an intervention group (n = 30) or a control group (n = 24). Significant improvements in measures of symptom severity and functional status over the duration of the study appeared in the intervention group but not in the control group. Logistic regression for the intervention group showed that symptom severity (odds ratio [OR] = 1.53, 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.20–1.93]), functional deficits (OR = 1.31, 95% CI [1.08–1.57]), pain score (OR = 1.25, 95% CI [1.11–1.61]), and symptom duration (OR = 1.11, 95% CI [1.01–1.24]) were positively associated with the desire to seek surgical intervention. This conservative CTS treatment program conducted by occupational therapists can improve symptoms and hand function in CTS patients.

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