Table 3

Outcomes assessed in RCTs of surgical interventions for CTS at the level of activity limitations and participation restrictions of the ICF

First Author/date
Activities – self-care, household Fine hand use
Participation/satisfaction



Dexterity (Jebsen, Purdue)
Use of hand in ADL
Functional Status scale BCTQ
Time to return to work
Satisfaction

Holmgren (1985)





Lowry (1988)





Mackinnon (1991)





Agee (1992)





Brown (1993)





Erdmann (1994)





Foulkes (1994)





Sennwald (1995)





Dumontier (1995)





Jacobsen (1996)





Leinberry (1997)





Citron (1997)





Nakamichi (1997)





Brüser (1999)





Mackenzie (2000)





Trumble (2002)





Jugovac (2002)





Shum (2002)





Ferdinand (2002)





Borisch (2003)





Macdermid (2003)





Saw (2003)





Helm (2003)





Wong (2003)





Battacharya (2004)





Dias (2004)





Kharwadkar (2005)





Lorgelly (2005)






Total = 28 studies
3
5
7
15
7

BCTQ – Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire, ADL – activities of daily living

Jerosch-Herold et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2006 7:96   doi:10.1186/1471-2474-7-96