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Table 2 Outcomes assessed in RCTs of surgical interventions for CTS at the level of impairment in body structures and body functions of the ICF

From: A systematic review of outcomes assessed in randomized controlled trials of surgical interventions for carpal tunnel syndrome using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a reference tool

First Author/date

Symptoms

Motor function

Sensory function

Body structure

 

Pain, sensory, motor symptoms, sleep disturbance

Grip

Pinch

MMT/thenar atrophy

RoM

Touch threshold

2PD

Vibration

Nerve conduction or interstitial pressure

Skin incisional complications

Pillar pain, causalgia

Holmgren (1985)

NS

      

  

Lowry (1988)

NS

     

 

Mackinnon (1991)

NS

 

   

Agee (1992)

NS

 

   

Brown (1993)

NS

 

 

Erdmann (1994)

NS

     

 

Foulkes (1994)

NS

  

 

Sennwald (1995)

NS

      

Dumontier (1995)

NS

  

     

Jacobsen (1996)

NS

     

 

 

Leinberry (1997)

   

  

 

  

Citron (1997)

NS

       

Nakamichi (1997)

NS

 

 

Brüser (1999)

NS

  

   

Mackenzie (2000)

BCTQ

        

Trumble (2002)

BCTQ

 

  

Jugovac (2002)

NS

  

    

Shum (2002)

BCTQ

  

 

  

 

Ferdinand (2002)

NS

 

  

Borisch (2003)

NS

  

    

  

Macdermid (2003)

BCTQ

  

    

Saw (2003)

BCTQ

        

Helm (2003)

NS

       

 

Wong (2003)

NS

   

  

Battacharya (2004)

NS

       

Dias (2004)

BCTQ

 

    

Kharwadkar (2005)

BCTQ

        

Lorgelly (2005)

BCTQ

          

Total = 28 studies

27

19

14

10

3

9

11

3

9

19

18

  1. NS = non-standardised, BCTQ – Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire; MMT – manual muscle testing; 2PD – two = point discrimination
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