A Tablet-Based App for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Screening: Diagnostic Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), the most common neuropathy, is caused by a compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel and is related to aging. The initial symptom is numbness and pain of the median nerve distributed in the hand area, while thenar muscle atrophy occurs in advanced stages. This atrophy causes failure of thumb motion and results in clumsiness; even after surgery, thenar atrophy does not recover for an extended period. Medical examination and electrophysiological testing are useful to diagnose CTS; however, visits to the doctor tend to be delayed because patients neglect the symptom of numbness in the hand. To avoid thenar atrophy-related clumsiness, early detection of CTS is important.

Objective

To establish a CTS screening system without med

SUBMITTER: Fujita K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6779028 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature