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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...

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...

[Carpal tunnel syndrome & cubital tunnel syndrome].

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and cubital tunnel syndrome (Cub.TS) are the two most common entrapment syndromes. Development of several validated outcome assessments have allowed conducting large scale epidemiological studies worldwide for the last decade regarding CTS, which have been providing reliable basic information. These studies have shown that CTS is more common than had been expected. ...

The carpal tunnel syndrome.

The carpal tunnel is a channel with fibroosseous walls leading from the deep flexor space of the forearm into the palm of the hand. Superficially it is bounded by the flexor retinaculum which stretches from the trapezium and scaphoid laterally to the pisiform and hamate medially. This tough sheet blends proximally with the deep fascia of the forearm and distally with the palmar aponeurosis. The...

[The carpal tunnel syndrome].

Aberrant Radial Artery Causing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

  Anatomical vascular variations are rare causes of carpal tunnel syndrome. An aberrant medial artery is the most common vascular variation, while an aberrant radial artery causing carpal tunnel syndrome is even more rare, with an incidence ranging less than 3%. This article reports a patient with compression of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel by an aberrant superficial branch of the radi...