TY - JOUR TT - Evaluation Of The Compound Muscle Action Potential In Diagnosis Of The Mild Carpal Tunnel Syndrome AU - Alcan, Veysel AU - Zinnuroğlu, Murat AU - Kaymak Karataş, Gülçin AU - Canal, Mehmet Rahmi PY - 2016 DA - December DO - 10.18100/ijamec.280468 JF - International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers PB - PLUSBASE AKADEMİ ORGANİZASYON VE DANIŞMANLIK WT - DergiPark SN - 2147-8228 SP - 266 EP - 270 IS - Special Issue-1 KW - carpal tunnel syndrome KW - motor nerve conduction study KW - signal processing N2 - Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapmentneuropathy. In most patients, the diagnosis can be proposed based on patienthistory and clinical symptoms, with electrophysical findings. The mild CTS maynot produce any nerve conduction abnormalities and this can make standardconventional tests not enough in diagnosis the mild CTS. The aim of this studywas to evaluate Compound Muscle Action Potential (CMAP) morphology as more sensitiveand specific parameters without any additional testing for diagnosis the mildCTS. A total of seventy seven clinically diagnosed patients with CTS wereprospectively enrolled. Data was evaluated from seventy normal hands and fortysix hands with the diagnosis of the mild CTS with standard electrodiagnostic(EDX) tests and clinical findings. The specificity and sensitivity rate werecalculated to evaluate the utility of CMAP negative peak (NP) morphologyparameters evaluated duration (CMAP NPHalf-Duration and CMAP NPFull-Duration)and area (CMAP NPHalf-Area and CMAP NPFull-Area) bycomparing the standard EDX test (Median Distal Motor Latency (DML) and peak topeak amplitude of CMAP (CMAP NPAmplitude) recorded from the abductorpolicies brevis (APB) muscle. Although CMAP NPHalf-Duration and CMAPNPFull-Duration had no statistically significantly differencebetween the mild CTS and normal group (p>0.05), DML, CMAP NPAmplitude,CMAP NPHalf-Area and CMAP NPFull-Area in the mild CTSgroup were statistically significantly different (p<0.05). The present studyshown CMAP NPFull-Area had the highest sensitivity and moderatespecificity rate (90.0% and 42.2%, respectively). Furthermore, it was confirmedagain that DML was a valuable motor nerve conduction technique for thediagnosis of the mild CTS with high sensitivity and moderate specificity (84.8%and 47.6%, respectively), and it had more sensitive than CMAP NPHalf-Area highsensitivity and moderate specificity (80.0% and 38.7%, respectively).This studyprovided the evidence of CMAP NPFull-Area and CMAP NPHalf-Area thatcould be predictors of the mild CTS CR - [1] Bradlley W.G. and Daroff R.B. Neurology in clinical practice, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, 2nd ed., Boston, 2002, pp.1893-1894. CR - [2] Roquelaure Y., Ha C., Pelier-Cady M.C., et al. Work increases the incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome in the general population, Muscle Nerve, Vol. 37, 2008, pp. 477-482. CR - [3] Preston D.C. and Shapiro B.E., Median neuropathy. In: Electromyography and neuromuscular disorders: Clinical electrophysiologic correlations, Butterworth Heinemann, Boston 231, 1998. CR - [4] Jablecki C.K., Andary M.T., Floeter M.K., et al. Second AAEM literature review of the usefulness of nerve conduction studies and needle electromyography for the evaluation of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, Muscle Nerve, Vol.26, 2002, pp.S1–S53. CR - [5] Jablecki C.K., Andary M.T., Floeter M.K., et al. Practice parameter: Electrodiagnostic studies in carpal tunnel syndrome: report of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Neurology, Vol.58, 2002b, pp.1589–1592. CR - [6] Jablecki C.K., Andry M.T., So Y.T., Wilkins D.E., Williams F.H. Literature review of the usefulness of nerve conduction studies and electromyography for the evaluation of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, Muscle Nerve. Vol.16, 1993, pp.1392-1414. CR - [7] Rosenbaum R. Carpal tunnel syndrome and the myth of El Dorado, Muscle Nerve, Vol. 22, 1999, pp. 1165–1167. CR - [8] Keith MW, Masear V, Chung KC, Maupin K, Andary M, Amadio PC, et al. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guideline on diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. J Bone Joint Surg Am, Vol. 91, 2009, pp.2478-2479. CR - [9] Kilmer DD, Davis BA. Electrodiagnosis in carpal tunnel syndrome. Hand Clin, Vol.18, 2002, pp.243-247 CR - [10] Homan M.M., Franzblau A., Werner R.A., Albers J.W., Armstrong T.J., Bromberg M.B., Agreement between symptom surveys, physical examination procedures and electrodiagnostic findings for the carpal tunnel syndrome. Scand J Work Environ Health, Vol.25, 1999, pp.115–124. CR - [11] Szabo R.M., Slater R.R., Farver T.B., Stanton D.B., Sharman W.K. The value of diagnostic testing in carpal tunnel syndrome, J Hand Surg Am, Vol.24, 1999, pp.704-714. CR - [12] Kohara N. Clinical and electrophysiological findings in carpal tunnel syndrome, Brain Nerve, Vol.59, 2007, pp. 1229-1238. CR - [13] Di Guglielmo G., Torrieri F., Repaci M., Uncini A. Conduction block and segmental velocities in carpal tunnel syndrome, Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol, Vol.105, 1997, pp.321–327. CR - [14] Thaisetthawatkul P., Logigian E.L., Herrmann D.N., Dispersion of the distal compound muscle action potential as a diagnostic criterion for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Neurology Vol.59, 2002, pp.1526–1531. CR - [15] Padua L., LoMonaco M., Gregori B., Valente E.M., Padna R., Tonali P., Neurophysiological classification and sensitivity in 500 carpal tunnel syndrome hands,” Acta Neurol Scand, Vol.96, 1997,.pp.2117. CR - [16] Baysal A., Kuruoğlu R., Beyazova M., et.al. Normal popülasyonda sinir iletimi değerleri,”.Ege Nörolojik Bilimler Dergisi, Vol.6, 1989, pp.9-15. CR - [17] Katirji B., Kaminski H. J., Ruff R. L., Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice, 2nd ed., Newyork, USA, Springer, 2014. CR - [18] Cleland J.C., Logigian E.L., Thaisetthawatkul P., Herrmann D.N., Dispersion of the distal compound muscle action potential in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and carpal tunnel syndrome, Muscle Nerve, Vol.28, 2003, pp.189 –193. CR - [19] Singh, G. Determination of Cutoff Score for a Diagnostic Test, The Internet Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol.2, 2006, pp.1. CR - [20] Nashed J., Hamilton-Wright A., Stashuk D.W., Faris M., McLean L., Assessing motor deficits in compressive neuropathy using quantitative electromyography, Journal of Neuro Engineering and Rehabilitation, Vol.7, 2010, pp.39. CR - [21] Cleland J.C., Malik K., Thaisetthawatkul P., Herrmann D.N. and Logigian E. L., Acute Inflammatory Demyelınatıng Polyneuropathy: Contrıbutıon Of A Dıspersed Distal Compound Muscle Action Potential to Electrodiagnosis, Muscle Nerve, Vol.33, 2006, pp.771–777. CR - [22] Rajaballya Y. A., Lagardeb J., Cassereauc J., Vialab K., Fournierb E. and Nicolas G., A European multicentre reappraisal of distal compound muscle action potential duration in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, European Journal of Neurology, Vol.19, 2012, pp.638–642. CR - [23] Lewelt A.J., Krosschell K.J., Scott C., et al., Compound Muscle Action Potential and Motor Function in Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Muscle Nerve. Vol. 42, Iss.5, 2010, pp.703–708. CR - [24] Lagarde J., Viala K., and E. Fournier. Is Total Duration Of Distal Compound Muscle Actıon Potential Better Than Negative Peak Duratıon In The Diagnosis Of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy?, Muscle Nerve, Vol.49, 2014, pp.895–899. CR - [25] Cleland J.C., Logigian E.L., Thaısetthawatkul P. and Herrmann D.N., Dispersıon Of The Distal Compound Muscle Action Potential In Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy And Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Muscle Nerve, Vol.28, 2003, pp.189–193. CR - [26] Isose1 S., Kuwabara1 S., Kokubun N., et al., Utility of the distal compound muscle action potential duration for diagnosis of demyelinating neuropathies, Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, Vol.14, 2009, pp.151–158. UR - https://doi.org/10.18100/ijamec.280468 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/261933 ER -