Prognostic factors for response to treatment by corticosteroid injection or surgery in carpal tunnel syndrome (palms study): A prospective multicenter cohort study

• Published in: Muscle & nerve Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 32 - 40
• Main Authors: Jerosch‐Herold, Christina, Shepstone, Lee, Houghton, Julie, Wilson, Edward C. F., Blake, Julian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use; Aged; Anxiety; Anxiety - psychology; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - physiopathology; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - psychology; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - therapy; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Conservative Treatment; corticosteroid injection; Corticosteroids; Decision making; Depression - psychology; Female; Humans; Injection; Injections; Male; Medical prognosis; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Muscles; Neurosurgical Procedures; outcome; Overuse injuries; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Patients; Prognosis; prognostic factors; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Severity of Illness Index; Signs and symptoms; Steroids; Surgery; surgical decompression; carpal tunnel syndrome; corticosteroid injection; prognostic factors; outcome; surgical decompression

ABSTRACT Introduction Studies of prognosis for surgery and corticosteroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) have considered only a limited range of explanatory variables for outcome. Methods Data were prospectively collected on patient‐reported symptoms, physical and psychological functioni...