The Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and the Academy of Hand and Upper
Extremity Physical Therapy have an ongoing effort to create evidence-based clinical practice …

Study design Systematic literature review of case-controlled studies. Introduction Carpal
tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common tubular neuropathies where certain …

Previous research has not established a consistent difference in hand size or carpal tunnel
cross-sectional area between patients with and without carpal tunnel syndrome. We tested …

Introduction: This meta‐analysis aims to assess an association between wrist ratio (wrist
thickness/wrist width) and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Methods: Sixteen studies qualified …

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common upper extremity entrapment neuropathy
and various risk factors have been implicated in the etiology. In this study, we aimed to …

Background The association between carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and high body mass
index (BMI) and some hand measures is well known. No study has been specifically focused …

Objective To identify optimal cutoff values for body, hand, and wrist measurements in order
to correctly identify individuals with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), using receiver operating …

Background Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a chronic focal mono-neuropathy caused by
mechanical distortion of the nerve at the carpal tunnel. It is thought to affect between 4 and …

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), majority of cases are considered to be idiopathic, is the most
commonly encountered peripheral neuropathy causing disability. We asserted that thick and …

Objective To assess the associations between carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) severity and
selected anthropometric and obesity indexes. Design We performed a case-control study …