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Peer-reviewed articles reporting chiropractic care of carpal tunnel syndrome. |
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| Author(s) |
Year |
Methods of care |
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| Ferezy and Norlin [37] |
1989 |
spinal & extremity manipulation, soft tissue massage, cervical pillow |
| Mariano et al. [38] |
1991 |
spinal manipulation, therapeutic ultrasound, electrical nerve stimulation, home traction unit (cervical), wrist splint |
| Bonebrake et al. [39] |
1993 |
spinal and extremity manipulation, soft tissue manipulation and massage techniques, intersegmental traction, microwave diathermy, ultrasound, dietary modifications, mineral supplements |
| Valente and Gibson [40] |
1994 |
spinal and extremity adjustments |
| Petruska [41] |
1997 |
extremity manipulation (machine-assisted axial wrist traction), microcurrent, nutritional supplementation, rehabilitative exercises |
| Manello et al. [42] |
1998 |
spinal and extremity manipulation, soft tissue manipulation, exercises |
| Dunphy et al. [43] |
1998 |
extremity manipulation (pneumatic traction device) |
| Davis et al. [44] |
1998 |
(randomized clinical trial) Chiropractic group: spinal and extremity adjustments, myofascial massage, ultrasound, wrist splint Medical group: oral ibuprofen, wrist splint |
| Perez de Leon and Auyong [45] |
2002 |
extremity manipulation, flexion-distraction, ultrasound, cryotherapy, muscle stimulation, deep tissue massage, wrist supports, vitamin/mineral supplements, exercise |
| Brunarski et al. [46] |
2004 |
extremity manipulation (machine-assisted axial wrist traction) |
| George et al. [47] |
2006 |
myofascial therapy (Active Release Technique) |
Russell Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2008 16:2 doi:10.1186/1746-1340-16-2 |
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