Diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome: diagnostic test accuracy of scales, questionnaires, and hand symptom diagrams—a systematic review

A Dabbagh, JC MacDermid, J Yong… - Journal of Orthopaedic & …, 2020 - jospt.org
Objective To summarize and evaluate research on the accuracy of clinical diagnostic scales,
questionnaires, and hand symptom diagrams/maps used for diagnosis of carpal tunnel …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome in US working populations: pooled analysis of six prospective studies

AM Dale, C Harris-Adamson, D Rempel… - … journal of work …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives Most studies of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) incidence and prevalence among
workers have been limited by small sample sizes or restricted to a small subset of jobs. We …

Hand pain and sensory deficits: Carpal tunnel syndrome: Clinical practice guidelines linked to the international classification of functioning, disability and health from …

M Erickson, M Lawrence, CWS Jansen, D Coker… - Journal of Orthopaedic & …, 2019 - jospt.org
The Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and the Academy of Hand and Upper
Extremity Physical Therapy have an ongoing effort to create evidence-based clinical practice …

Carpal tunnel syndrome: primary care and occupational factors

O Saint-Lary, A Rébois, Z Mediouni… - Frontiers in medicine, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) affects about 1% of working-aged people and is the
commonest cause of hand pain in manual workers. CTS is a clinical diagnosis and does not …

Effects of varying case definition on carpal tunnel syndrome prevalence estimates in a pooled cohort

MS Thiese, F Gerr, KT Hegmann… - Archives of physical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To analyze differences in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) prevalence using a
combination of electrodiagnostic studies (EDSs) and symptoms using EDS criteria varied …

Accuracy of diagnostic clinical tests and questionnaires in screening for carpal tunnel syndrome among workers-a systematic review

A Dabbagh, C Ziebart, JC MacDermid - Journal of Hand Therapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To synthesize and appraise the evidence on the diagnostic accuracy of the clinical
examination tests and questionnaires for screening carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) among …

The relationship between catastrophic thinking and hand diagram areas

A Moradi, JJ Mellema, K Oflazoglu, A Isakov… - The Journal of hand …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the relationship between the total area marked on pain and numbness
diagrams and psychosocial factors (depression, pain catastrophic thinking, and health …

Agreement between high-resolution ultrasound and electro-physiological examinations for diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome in the Indonesian population

DR Emril, I Zakaria, M Amrya - Frontiers in Neurology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a disorder of the wrist due to narrowing of the carpal
tunnel. It can be caused by trauma or tumors in the tunnel resulting in compression of the …

Effects of wrist posture and fingertip force on median nerve blood flow velocity

KE Wilson, J Tat, PJ Keir - BioMed research international, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to assess nerve hypervascularization using high
resolution ultrasonography to determine the effects of wrist posture and fingertip force on …

Comparative study of surgical wound closure with nylon interrupted sutures and running subcuticular vicryl rapide suture after open release of the carpal tunnel

V Tzimas, C Kotsias, C Galanis… - Scars, Burns & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Surgical decompression of the carpal tunnel is considered the method of choice
for its treatment with satisfactory results documented. Various methods and suturing …