Concoradance of clinical and neurophysiologic diagnoses of carpal tunnel syndrome

ACUPUNCTURE AND CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME About carpal tunnel syndrome

Carpal tunnel syndrome comprises potentially disabling sensory and/or motor symptoms in the hand. Around 1 in 10 people develop carpal tunnel syndrome at some point, and it is particularly common in women (Hughes 2007), with one study in the UK indicating an incidence of 139.4 cases per 100,000 women per year and 67.2 cases per 100,000 men (Bland 2003). The condition carries considerable implic...

Evaluation of Clinical Symptoms in Patients with Different Severities of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Background: The carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common neuropathy caused by the entrapment of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. It causes pain and paresthesia in the hand. Objectives: To evaluate the role of clinical symptoms of CTS to determine the severity of this disorder. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study examined 75 hands of 40 patients were referred wi...

Comparison of Two Manual Therapy Techniques in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial

The Effect of Neuromobilization on Clinical Findings in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Objective: Neuromobilization techniques have been recently put forward in physiotherapy of carpal tunnel syndrome. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of neuromobilization on different aspects of evaluation including subjective, physical, and electrophysiological findings in CTS. Materials & Methods: In this randomized clinical trial study, 20 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome ...

درمان جراحی carpal tunnel syndrome در بیمارستان خاتم الانبیاء (ص )

سندرم کارپال تونل یکی از علل مهم کاهش توانایی انجام کارهای روزمره با دست می باشد. علت سندرم افزایش فشار در فضای تونل کارپ بوده که در خلف توسط برخی استخوانهای مچ دست ، و در قدام بوسیله لیگمان عرضی کارپال محدوده شده است . عصب مدین عنصر اصلی درگیر در این سندرم می باشد که پس از افزایش فشار در محدوده مچ دست بمرور زمان دچار آسیب می شود. متعاقب صدمه به عصب ، function دست بخصوص در زمان pinch و grasp مخ...