Open AccessEffects of Wrist Splinting for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Motor Nerve Conduction Measurements
Author(s) -
Shingo Nobuta,
Katsumi Sato,
Tomowaki Nakagawa,
Masahito Hatori,
Eiji Itoi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
upsala journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2000-1967
pISSN - 0300-9734
DOI - 10.3109/2000-1967-228
Subject(s) - medicine , carpal tunnel syndrome , wrist , median nerve , compound muscle action potential , nerve conduction study , splints , carpal tunnel , surgery , nerve conduction , snap , electrophysiology , computer graphics (images) , computer science
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common disease among the entrapment neuropathies. Wrist splinting has been conventionally used for the CTS treatment. The purposes of this study were to assess the efficacy of wrist splinting for CTS, and to evaluate the value of the motor nerve conduction measurement as a prognostic indicator for CTS.