Prepared by:
ECRI Health Technology Assessment Group
Vivian H. Coates, M.B.A.
Program Director
Charles M. Turkelson, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Richard Chapell, Ph.D.
Wendy Bruening, Ph.D.
Matthew D. Mitchell, Ph.D.
James T. Reston, Ph.D.
Jonathan R. Treadwell, Ph.D.
Investigators
File Name Description Software Version File Size ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01front.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 57KB 7 pages Contents: Cover, Title Page, Preface, Structured Abstract ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02conts.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 117KB 4 pages Contents: Table of Contents ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03summ.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 192KB 24 pages Contents: Summary: Overview, Reporting the Evidence, Methodology, Findings, Future Research ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 423KB 17 pages Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Scope and Objectives, Worker-Related Upper-Extremity Disorders ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 267KB 21 pages Contents: Chapter 2. Methodology: Conditions of Interest, Technical Experts, Key Questions, Causal Pathway, Literature Searches, Search Strategies, Article Retrieval Criteria, Inclusion Criteria, Electronic Data Abstraction Forms, Articles Identified, Evaluating Literature Quality, Statistical Methods, Peer Review ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06ch3-1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 5.6MB 294 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 07ch3-2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 1.2MB 62 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Cubital Tunnel Syndrome ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 08ch3-3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 2.2MB 167 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Epicondylitis ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 09ch3-4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 198KB 17 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: DeQuervain's Disease ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10ch3-5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 202KB 7 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Non-Treatment-Specific Questions ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 104KB 5 pages Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, Epicondylitis, DeQuervain's Disease ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12chap5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 29KB 2 pages Contents: Chapter 5. Future Research: Gaps in Current Research, Optimal Study Designs ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13refs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 236KB 35 pages Contents: Reference List ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 130KB 13 pages Contents: Appendix A. Search Strategies ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15appb.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 363KB 42 pages Contents: Appendix B. Data Abstraction Forms ________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 02-E038
Current as of December 2002
Internet Citation:
Diagnosis and Treatment of Worker-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremity. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 62. AHRQ Publication No. 02-E038, December 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/musclinv.htm
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