## Abstract To determine the role of personal variables as risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and their relationship to severity of nerve conduction abnormality, we studied 210 consecutive symptomatic CTS patients and 320 controls subjects without CTS symptomatology or known systemic dis
The relationship between body mass index and the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome
โ Scribed by Dr. Robert A. Werner; Dr. James W. Albers; Dr. Alfred Franzblau; Dr. Thomas J. Armstrong
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 486 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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Our retrospective study assessed the validity of the median motor terminal latency index (m-TLI) in evaluation of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). In patients deemed most likely to have CTS, the mean m-TLI was markedly reduced at 0.25 while the controls had a mean m-TLI of 0.44. The m-TLI was abnormal
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