TY  - JOUR
TT  - Comparision of Clinical and Electrophysiological Staging in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
AU  - Tunç, Tuğba
AU  - Kutlu, Gülnihal
AU  - Coşkun, Özlem
AU  - Okuyucu, Emine Esra
AU  - Çavdar, Leyla
AU  - İnan, Levent Ertuğrul
PY  - 2006
DA  - August
JF  - Meandros Medical And Dental Journal
JO  - Meandros Med. Den. j.
PB  - Aydin Adnan Menderes University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-9063
SP  - 23
EP  - 26
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
KW  - Karpal tünel sendromu
KW  - medyan nöropati
KW  - klinik evreleme
KW  - elektrofizyolojik evreleme
N2  - Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the clinical and electrophysiological stages in patients diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome.   Material and methods: One hundered twentyeight hands (90 patients) with carpal tunnel syndrome were investigated. Patients were staged clinically and electrophysiologically. The relationship between these stages was investigated. Diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome was made according to the presence of paresthesia, pain in the innervation area of the median nerve, weakness and atrophy in the median nerve innervated muscles, positive Phalen and Tinnel tests.   Results: A significant correlation was found between clinical and electrophysiological staging of patients. The electrophysiological findings were more severe as the clinical stage progressed.   Conclusions: We suggest that although there may sometimes be a discordance between clinical and electrophysiological stages in clinical practice, the severity of the compression of the median nerve can usually be estimated by clinical examination.
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UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/meandrosmdj/issue//541410
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/673473
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