Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Orthopaedic Surgeons Agree on the Decision for Carpal Tunnel Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Therapist-led pathways have been proposed as waitlist management strategies prior to surgery for conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in public hospitals. These models of care typically shift the initial care of patients and decision-making from surgeons to therapists and, have been shown to reduce the number of patients requiring surgery and improve wait-times. This occurs despite limited evidence of surgeon-therapist agreement on key decisions, such as the need for surgery. The purpose of this was study was to assess the agreement between therapists and orthopaedic surgeons regarding the need for surgery for patients who have CTS.

Methods

This blinded inter-rated agreement study was embedded in a multicentre randomised parallel groups trial of 105 pat

SUBMITTER: Lewis KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808184 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature