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Silent period abnormalities in carpal tunnel syndrome
Author(s) -
Aurora Sheena K.,
Ahmad B.K.,
Aurora Taruna K.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199809)21:9<1213::aid-mus16>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - carpal tunnel syndrome , silent period , medicine , numerical digit , surgery , median nerve , mathematics , arithmetic , stimulation , transcranial magnetic stimulation
Cutaneous silent period (CSP) was measured on stimulating digits 2 and 5 in 19 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and compared with 20 healthy volunteers. In 2 patients with severe CTS, CSP was absent on digit 2 but present on digit 5. In mild/moderate CTS digit 2 CSP mean duration was 50.9 ± 13.9 ms, significantly longer than control subjects (36.9 ± 8.7 ms) ( P = 0.005). CSP was found to be abnormal in CTS, being absent in severe and prolonged in mild/moderate cases. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 21:1213–1215, 1998.