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NEUROPHYSIOLOGIE CLINIQUE-CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 42, 期 4, 页码 231-239出版社
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2012.02.133
关键词
Carpal Tunnel Release; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Nerve Conduction studies; Hand-held device; Boston Questionnaire
Study aims. - Following carpal tunnel release (CTR), only very modest correlations have been found between subjective symptoms and function indexes compared to neurophysiological measures. The objective of this study was to evaluate this relationship by comparing the self-administered Boston symptom severity score and function severity score questionnaire against nerve conduction studies (NCS) before and after CTR using two different electrophysiological techniques. Patients and methods. - Carpal tunnel release was performed in 51 patients (62 hands). Pre-and postoperative NCS were evaluated using both conventional neurophysiological methods and by means of a new hand-held device. Results. - Preoperatively there was almost no correlation between symptom severity and function scores and NCS results. Following surgery however, both symptom severity and function showed a modest, but significant improvement in their correlation to NCS (at highest r=0.405, P<0.01). This improvement in the relation of subjective measures to neurophysiological results was seen in both median nerve sensory and motor conduction as well as in ulnar nerve motor conduction. Conclusions. - In addition to median-nerve dysfunction, it might be suggested that ulnar nerve changes can contribute to symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome in patients. Several associations were found using a median-ulnar sensory latency difference in the finger-wrist segment and a sensory conduction difference in the palm to wrist segment. Significant correlations were established by both conventional NCS and the new hand-held device. (C) 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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