Simple clinical tests in severe carpal tunnel syndrome;Proste testy kliniczne w ciȩzkim zespole kanału nadgarstka

Polski Przeglad Chirurgiczny/ Polish Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 895-906

  Nowak, Marcin ^a   Noszczyk, Bartłomiej ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Durkan's test; Electromyography; EMG; Phalen's test; Severe carpal tunnel; Two point discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880539746     PISSN: 0032373X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. De-La-Llave-Rincón AI, Puentedura EJ, Fernández-de-las- Peñas C: New advances in the mechanisms and etiology of carpal tunnel syndrome. Discov Med 2012;13(72):343-48.
2. Shores JT, Lee WP: An evidence-based approach to carpal tunnel syndrome. Plast Reconstr Surg 2010;126(6):2196-2204.
3. Kang S, Kwon HK, Kim KH, Yun HS: Ultrasonography of median nerve and electrophysiologic severity in carpal tunnel syndrome. Ann Rehabil Med 2012;36(1):72-79.
4. Werner RA, Andary M: Electrodiagnostic evaluation of carpal tunnel syndrome. Muscle Nerve 2011;44(4):597-607.
5. Concannon MJ, Gainor B, Petroski GF et al.: The predictive value of electrodiagnostic studies in carpal tunnel syndrome. Plast Reconstr Surg 1997;100(6):1452-58.
6. Bland JD: A neurophysiological grading scale for carpal tunnel syndrome. Muscle Nerve 2000;23(8):1280-83.
7. Kanatani T, Fujioka H, Kurosaka M et al.: Usefulness of distal motor latency measurement after palmar stimulation in advanced carpal tunnel syndrome. J Clin Neurophysiol 2012;29(3):260-62.
8. Dale AM, Descatha A, Coomes J et al.: Physical examination has a low yield in screening for carpal tunnel syndrome. Am J Ind Med 2011;54(1):1-9.
9. Wia̧cek R, Pielka S, Rutkowski R i wsp.: Ocena dynamiki poprawy czucia w rȩce po operacyjnym leczeniu zespołu kanału nadgarstka. Neurol i Neurochir Pol 2007;41, 6:517-24
10. Elfar JC, Yaseen Z, Stern PJ et al.: Individual finger sensibility in carpal tunnel syndrome. J Hand Surg Am 2010;35(11):1807-12.
11. Atroshi I, Gummesson C, Johnsson R et al.: Diagnostic properties of nerve conduction tests in population-based carpal tunnel syndrome. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2003;4:9.
12. D'Arcy CA, McGee S: The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have carpal tunnel syndrome? JAMA 2000;283(23):3110-17.
13. Rempel D, Evanoff B, Amadio PC et al.: Consensus criteria for the classification of carpal tunnel syndrome in epidemiologic studies. Am J Public Health 1998;88(10):1447-51.
14. Mondelli M, Passero S, Giannini F: Provocative tests in different stages of carpal tunnel syndrome. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2001;103(3):178-83.
15. Priganc VW, Henry SM: The relationship among five common carpal tunnel syndrome tests, and the severity of carpal tunnel syndrome. J Hand Ther 2003;16(3):225-36.
16. El Miedany Y, Ashour S, Youssef S et al.: Clinical diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome: old tests-new concepts. Joint Bone Spine 2008;75(4):451-57.
17. Schmid AB, Coppieters MW: Left/Right Judgment of Body Parts is Selectively Impaired in Patients With Unilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Clin J Pain 2012;28(7):615-22.
18. Geere J, Chester R, Kale S et al.: Power grip, pinch grip, manual muscle testing or thenar atrophy - which should be assessed as a motor outcome after carpal tunnel decompression? A systematic review. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2007;8:114.
19. Mallette P, Zhao M, Zurakowski D et al.: Muscle atrophy at diagnosis of carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome. J Hand Surg Am 2007;32(6):855-58.
20. Dale AM, Strickland J, Symanzik J et al.: Reliability of hand diagrams for the epidemiologic case definition of carpal tunnel syndrome. J Occup Rehabil 2008;18(3):233-48.
21. Clark D, Amirfeyz R, Leslie I et al.: Often atypical? The distribution of sensory disturbance in carpal tunnel syndrome. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2011;93(6):470-73.