Europa medicophysica
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Europa medicophysica · Jun 2006
Long-term functional outcome measures in corticosteroid-treated complex regional pain syndrome.
The aim of this paper was to assess the effects of low-dose systemic corticosteroid therapy in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), to measure the long-term functional outcome, and to evaluate an arbitrary scale of severity of CRPS. ⋯ Corticosteroid therapy in CRPS provides a short-term response to the pain with a low risk of side effects. The improvement in all the variables considered persisted at one-year follow-up. The arbitrary scale of clinical severity of CRPS should be further tested in order to propose it as an instrument for use in following the course of CRPS.
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Europa medicophysica · Jun 2006
Randomized Controlled TrialNeutral wrist splinting in carpal tunnel syndrome: a 3- and 6-months clinical and neurophysiologic follow-up evaluation of night-only splint therapy.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy of night-only splint wear therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). ⋯ Symptom relief and neurophysiological improvement after night-only splint wear therapy lasted up to the six-month follow-up visit.