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Local corticosteroid injection (LCI) vs saline no treatment or placebo: Improvement in neurophysiological parameters at ≤ 3 months

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Local corticosteroid injection (LCI) vs saline no treatment or placebo
Improvement in neurophysiological parameters at ≤ 3 months · people with carpal tunnel syndrome
Local corticosteroid injection versus placebo for carpal tunnel syndrome (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted6 studies · 359 participantsVery low

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Local corticosteroid injection versus placebo for carpal tunnel syndrome
2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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How reviews are matched to this question

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