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Radial nerve mobilisation provides bilateral sensory effects for those with thumb CMC OA

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May 2013

Radial nerve mobilisation provides bilateral sensory effects for those with thumb CMC OA

Vol: 2| Issue: 4| Number:206| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Radial nerve mobilisation had bilateral sensory effects in people with thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis: a randomised trial

J Physiother. 2013 Mar;59(1):25-30. doi: 10.1016/S1836-9553(13)70143-7

Contributing Authors:
JH Villafane MD Bishop C Fernandez-de-Las-Penas D Langford

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Synopsis

60 patients were randomized to receive treatment for thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) osteoarthritis (OA) with a radial nerve slider technique or a sham treatment of sub-therapeutic ultrasound, in order to measure the effects on pain sensitivity in the unaffected hand. Following assessments over a 2 month period, results exhibited that patients who received treatment with the radial nerve slider techni...

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