Open AccessSubjective symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome correlate more with psychological factors than electrophysiological severity
Author(s) -
Firosh Khan,
Abdulkhader Shehna,
S. Ramesh,
Kakkassery Sankaran Sandhya,
Reji Paul
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.199909
Subject(s) - medicine , carpal tunnel syndrome , hospital anxiety and depression scale , visual analogue scale , anxiety , rank correlation , median nerve , physical therapy , correlation , depression (economics) , carpal tunnel , electrophysiology , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , psychiatry , statistics , geometry , mathematics , machine learning , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy and is one of the most common requests for electrodiagnosis. We aimed to note the relationship of subjective symptom severity of CTS, with objective electrophysiological severity and psychological status of patients.