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From 1992 to 1998, 1630 patients with trigger digits were studied. The ratio of female to male patients was 6:1. The average age of the patients was 51.8 years. The thumb was the most frequently involved digit. The index and little fingers were relatively spared. More than two trigger digits in one hand or more than four trigger digits in both hands were found only in patients whose body mass index (BMI) were obese and morbidly obese.
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Índice de Masa Corporal , Femenino , Articulaciones de los Dedos , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Obesidad Mórbida/epidemiología , Distribución por Sexo , Tendones , Tenosinovitis/epidemiología , Tailandia/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
The association of age, sex and the number of sides of carpal tunnel syndrome were studied in 250 patients. The mean age of the patients with bilateral involvement was more than unilateral involvement (t = 2.48, p < 0.05). A statistically significant association was found between age and the number of sides of carpal tunnel syndrome (chi-square = 16.707, p < 0.05). There was also statistical significance in association of sex and the number of sides of carpal tunnel syndrome (chi-square = 10.2398, p < 0.01). The association of age, sex and the number of sides of carpal tunnel syndrome found in the study may help the prediction of diagnosis and natural history of the disease.
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Adulto , Distribución por Edad , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Síndrome del Túnel Carpiano/diagnóstico , Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado , Femenino , Humanos , Incidencia , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Pronóstico , Factores de Riesgo , Distribución por Sexo , Tailandia/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
The prospective study was performed in 250 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. The mean body mass index (BMI) of patients with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome was more than that of patients with unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (t = 6.84, p < 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference between the mean BMI of patients with right carpal tunnel syndrome and that of patients with left carpal tunnel syndrome. In conclusion, BMI may be used to predict the number of sides of carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Estatura , Índice de Masa Corporal , Peso Corporal , Síndrome del Túnel Carpiano/fisiopatología , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios ProspectivosRESUMEN
Twenty patients with brachial plexus injury have been treated with one fascicle nerve transfer to the bicipital branch of the musculocutaneous nerve for reconstruction of elbow flexion. The mean distance from the medial epicondyle to the origin of this branch is 17.9 centimeters. The correlation coefficient and test of statistic significance between distance and heights of patients is 0.76 and 5.07 respectively (t18, 0.995 = 2.88). There is no correlation between the arm span, weight, age and the distance.