Does occupational therapy delay or reduce the proportion of patients that receives thumb carpometacarpal joint surgery? A multicentre randomised controlled trial.

RMD Open · 2019 · PMC6861078 · PMID 31798953

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The odds for undergoing surgery were lower for the OT group than the control group (OR crude : 0.68 (95% CI 0.35 to 1.31; p=0.25 and OR adjusted : 0.56, 95% CI 0.26 to 1.21; p=0.14) but did not reach statistical significance.

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