The clinical and cost-effectiveness of corticosteroid injection versus night splints for carpal tunnel syndrome (INSTINCTS trial): an open-label, parallel group, randomised controlled trial

Chesterton, Linda; Bucknall, Milica; Burton, Claire; Dziedzic, Krysia; Davenport, Graham; Jowett, Sue; Myers, Helen; Oppong, Raymond; Rathod‐Mistry, Trishna; van der Windt, Daniëlle; M. Hay, Elaine; Roddy, Edward

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(18)31572-1

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The clinical and cost-effectiveness of corticosteroid injection versus night splints for carpal tunnel syndrome (INSTINCTS trial): an open-label, parallel group, randomised controlled trial

Published in The Lancet • Oct 1, 2018

Authors:

Linda Chesterton

Milica Bucknall

Claire Burton

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To our knowledge, the comparative effectiveness of commonly used conservative treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome has not been evaluated previously in primary care. We aimed to compare the clinical and cost-effectiveness of night splints with a corticosteroid injection with regards to ...

Subject

Medicine

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Splints

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