Return to work recommendations after carpal tunnel release: a survey of UK hand surgeons and hand therapists
Return to work recommendations after carpal tunnel release: a survey of UK hand surgeons and hand therapists
There is a limited evidence base from which to derive recommendations for safe and effective return to different types of occupation after carpal tunnel release surgery. The current practice of members of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand and the British Association of Hand Therapists was investigated with a questionnaire. In total, 173 surgeons and 137 therapists responded from an estimated sample of 1959. Median recommended return-to-work times were 7 days for desk-based duties, 15 days for repetitive light manual duties and 30 days for heavy manual duties. However, the responses were wide-ranging: 0–30 days for desk-based; 1–56 days for repetitive light manual; and 1–90 days for heavy manual. Variation in the recommended timescales for return to work and other functional activities after carpal tunnel release suggests that patients are receiving different and possibly even conflicting advice.
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October 2018
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Newington, Lisa, Anne, Francis, Kristin, Ntani, Georgia, Warwick, David, Adams, Joanna and Walker-Bone, Karen
(2018)
Return to work recommendations after carpal tunnel release: a survey of UK hand surgeons and hand therapists.
Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), 23 (8), .
(doi:10.1177/1753193418786375).
Abstract
There is a limited evidence base from which to derive recommendations for safe and effective return to different types of occupation after carpal tunnel release surgery. The current practice of members of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand and the British Association of Hand Therapists was investigated with a questionnaire. In total, 173 surgeons and 137 therapists responded from an estimated sample of 1959. Median recommended return-to-work times were 7 days for desk-based duties, 15 days for repetitive light manual duties and 30 days for heavy manual duties. However, the responses were wide-ranging: 0–30 days for desk-based; 1–56 days for repetitive light manual; and 1–90 days for heavy manual. Variation in the recommended timescales for return to work and other functional activities after carpal tunnel release suggests that patients are receiving different and possibly even conflicting advice.
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Return to work recommendations after carpal tunnel release: a survey of UK hand surgeons and hand therapists
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Accepted/In Press date: 10 June 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 July 2018
Published date: October 2018
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/421515
ISSN: 2043-6289
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