Carpal tunnel syndrome is considered the most common of the chronic compressive neuropathies. Its cause is generally unknown. Acute carpal tunnel syndrome, which is much less common, is more often directly related to fractures and fracture-dislocations about the wrist, hemorrhagic conditions, and vascular disorders involving the wrist. Many rare and unusual causes have been described, including...

Carpal tunnel syndrome has a prevalence of 1% to 10%, and while acute carpal tunnel syndrome makes up the minority of cases of this compression neuropathy, it is important to recognize as a distinct entity because prompt surgical treatment can decrease long-term morbidity. The most common causes of acute carpal tunnel syndrome are trauma to the hand or wrist, infection, and disorders of rheumat...

1024x768 normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is the most prevalent form of peripheral neuropathy. the efficacy of acupuncture in management of mild to moderate cts has been investigated in limited studies with controversial results. the aim of this study was to assess the short-term effects of acupuncture in treatment of mild to moderate carpal t...

background: today application of computer in the life of people is very common and those who work with computer in especially long – term are faced with musculoskeletal pains. the aim of this study was to investigate risk factors of musculoskeletal and joint pains among computer users in rafsanjan city in the years 2012-13. materials and methods: in this descriptive study, 420 computer users we...

BACKGROUND Unilateral hand tremor is one of the cardinal symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Additionally, mechanical traumatic hand movement is one of the risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome. Our objective in this study was to examine whether repetitive mechanical movement may be related to the development of carpal tunnel syndrome in Parkinson's disease with unilateral hand tremor using neur...

Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the use of the PSSD (Pressure specified sensory Device) for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. Methods: The PSSD is a tool that incorporates a pressure transducer with two prongs, linked to a computer capable of measuring the cutaneous pressure thresholds. The patients were divided in two groups: Group 1patients neither with superior limb ne...

BACKGROUND Stroke is the first cause of morbidity all around the world. Entrapment neuropathies are a known complication of stroke. The objective of this study is to assess the frequency of subclinical carpal tunnel syndrome in the healthy and paretic hands of stroke patients. METHODS The authors performed nerve conduction study in the first three days after admission in 39 stroke patients wi...

BACKGROUND The authors wished to evaluate the comprehensive literature on carpal tunnel syndrome to discover work specific to carpal tunnel syndrome among dentists in order to determine whether there is any correlation with dentists having a higher prevalence of its occurrence. METHODS A review of dental literature involving carpal tunnel syndrome was undertaken. Details appearing in the lite...

and Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome To the Editor: The May/June guest editorial1 raised several issues regarding the use of electrodiagnostic testing in the diagnosis and management of carpal tunnel syndrome. In this guest editorial, Dr Fowler expressed concerns regarding the sensitivity and specificity of electrodiagnostic testing in carpal tunnel syndrome, the benefit of confirmatory ele...