Diagnosis and Treatment of Worker-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremity (AHRQ)

​Available through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Web site.

This report is a systematic evaluation of the evidence pertaining to a broad range of issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of worker-related upper extremity disorders (WRUEDs). For the purposes of this report, “worker-related” is defined as a disorder that affects workers, not as a disorder necessarily caused by work. Four disorders are the focus of this report; carpal...