The Two Year's Follow Up Study of Symptomatic Hands without Electrodiagnostic Evidence of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
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: 346-352, 2006.
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en Coreano
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| ID: wpr-724169
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to determine the natural history of symptomatic hands without electrodiagnostic evidence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).METHOD:
This study was comprised of 88 hands of 49 subjects with symptoms consistent with CTS without median mononeuropathy who were recruited during a community health examination and followed after two years. 88 hands of 44 people with age and sex-matched healthy controls were followed for comparison. Symptoms and electrodiagnostic findings were compared between the two groups.RESULTS:
62 hands of the symptomatic group had persistent symptoms after 2 years while 16 hands of the control group had symptoms consistent with CTS. Median motor distal latencies were significantly delayed after two years in the symptomatic group (p<0.05). Median sensory latencies were also delayed in the symptomatic group, but this was not statistically significant (p=0.064). The occurrence rate of median mononeuropathy at wrist was significantly higher in the symptomatic group than in the control group (13.6% vs. 2.3%)(p<0.05).CONCLUSION:
The results of this study suggested that a significant number of symptomatic hands without electrodiagnostic evidence of CTS may have persistent symptoms and may progress to electrodiagnostically evident CTS.
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Asunto principal:
Muñeca
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Síndrome del Túnel Carpiano
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Estudios de Seguimiento
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Historia Natural
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Mononeuropatías
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Mano
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
Año:
2006
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Artículo
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