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Carpal tunnel syndrome

Nature Reviews Disease Primers
Median neuropathy at the wrist, commonly referred to as carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), is the most common entrapment neuropathy. It is caused by chronic compression of the median nerve at the wrist within the space-limited carpal tunnel. Risk factors that contribute to the etiology of compression include female gender, obesity, work-related factors, and
Nimalan, Harinesan, Matthew, Silsby, Neil G, Simon   +2 more
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The clinical and cost-effectiveness of corticosteroid injection versus night splints for carpal tunnel syndrome (INSTINCTS trial): an open-label, parallel group, randomised controlled trial [PDF]

Lancet, The, 2018
Background To our knowledge, the comparative effectiveness of commonly used conservative treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome has not been evaluated previously in primary care.
Bucknall, M, Burton, CL, Chesterton, L, Davenport, G, Dziedzic, KS, Hay, EM, Jowett, S, Myers, H, Oppong, R, Rathod-Mistry, T, Roddy, E, van der Windt, DA   +11 more
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Carpal tunnel syndrome [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2014
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common problem, which we encounter regularly in our GP consultations.1 Accurate history taking and examination, as mentioned, can contribute in up to 70–90% of cases to a patient diagnosis.2,3 The authors1 presented a decision tree incorporating the Phalen’s …
Victoria, Squissato, Glenn, Brown
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Carpal tunnel sonography

Journal of Ultrasound, 2020
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most frequent entrapment neuropathy of peripheral nerves, with an incidence of 1-3 patients in 1000. CTS typically occurs between 45 and 60 years of age, and it is more frequent in women than in men. The main cause of CTS is chronic compression of the median nerve and ischemic suffering secondary to increased ...
A, Gervasio, C, Stelitano, P, Bollani, A, Giardini, E, Vanzetti, M, Ferrari   +5 more
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A Cost Analysis of Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery Performed Wide Awake versus under Sedation. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Hand surgery under local anesthesia only has been used more frequently in recent years. The purpose of this study was to compare perioperative time and cost for carpal tunnel release performed under local anesthesia ( wide-awake local ...
Al Youha, Apfel, Carroll, Codding, Davison, Hill, Ketonis, Kim, Lalonde, Lalonde, Lalonde, Lalonde, Lalonde, Lalonde, Mckee, Nodwell, Raft, Ruxasagulwong, Stead, Tang, Teo, Vinycomb, Young, Zhang   +23 more
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Carpal tunnel syndrome associated with oral bisphosphonates. A population-based cohort study [PDF]

, 2015
© 2016 Carvajal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are ...
Arias, LHM, Carvajal, A, Cornelius, VR, Escudero, A, Fierro, I, Molokhia, M, Sauzet, O, Sáinz, M   +7 more
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Does the ratio of the carpal tunnel inlet and outlet cross-sectional areas in the median nerve reflect carpal tunnel syndrome severity?

Neural Regeneration Research, 2015
Although ultrasound measurements have been used in previous studies on carpal tunnel syndrome to visualize injury to the median nerve, whether such ultrasound data can indicate the severity of carpal tunnel syndrome remains controversial.
Li Zhang, Aierken Rehemutula, Feng Peng, Cong Yu, Tian-bin Wang, Lin Chen   +5 more
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Exercises using a touchscreen tablet application improved functional ability more than an exercise program prescribed on paper in people after surgical carpal tunnel release: a randomised trial [PDF]

, 2019
Question: In people who have undergone surgical carpal tunnel release, do sensorimotor-based exercises performed on the touchscreen of a tablet device improve outcomes more than a conventional home exercise program prescribed on paper? Design: Randomised,
Blanquero, J., Cortés Vega, María Dolores, García-Frasquet, M. Á., Nieto Díaz de los Bernardos, María Isabel, Suero-Pineda, A., Sánchez Laulhé, P. R.   +5 more
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Carpal tunnel syndrome associated with sarcoidosis in identical twin patients

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2019
Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disease that may lead to neurologic complications in 10% of the patients. Carpal tunnel syndrome is very rare in sarcoidosis. We present two identical twin sarcoidosis patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.
Halil Yanardag, Cuneyt Tetikkurt, Muammer Bilir   +2 more
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The prevalence of cubital tunnel syndrome: A cross-sectional study in a U.S. metropolitan cohort [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Although cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common peripheral mononeuropathy (after carpal tunnel syndrome) encountered in clinical practice, its prevalence in the population is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the
Atroshi, Bartels, Beekman, Beekman, Bradley A. Evanoff, Campbell, Chimenti, Dale, Daniel A. Osei, de Krom, Descatha, Descatha, Descatha, Elfar, Graham, Gupta, Harris, Juratli, Katz, Levine, Martin I. Boyer, Mondelli, Mondelli, Palmer, Papanicolaou, Rempel, Richardson, Silver, Song, Storey, Tonya W. An, van Rijn, von Elm, Ware, Werner, Xing   +35 more
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