Diagnostic value of quantitative sensory testing (QST) in carpal tunnel syndrome

1988 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 537-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Borg ◽  
U. Lindblom
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Quantitative Sensory Testing ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Sensory Testing ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome

Median Nerve Small- and Large-Fiber Damage in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Quantitative Sensory Testing Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Tamburin ◽  
Carlo Cacciatori ◽  
Maria Luigia Praitano ◽  
Clizia Cazzarolli ◽  
Cristina Foscato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Median Nerve ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Quantitative Sensory Testing ◽  
Sensory Testing ◽  
Fiber Damage ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Large Fiber

scholarly journals Diagnostic value of sonography in patients with suspected carpal tunnel syndrome: A prospective study

2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 304-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Rudolf Ziswiler ◽  
Stephan Reichenbach ◽  
Esther Vögelin ◽  
Lucas M. Bachmann ◽  
Peter M. Villiger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
A Prospective Study

Sensory Testing in Patients With Hemodialysis-Associated Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Submitted to Surgical Decompression

2014 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 685-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Alberto Nakamoto ◽  
Marcus Castro Ferreira ◽  
Francisco Tustumi ◽  
Dimas A. Milcheski ◽  
Paulo Tuma
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Surgical Decompression ◽  
Sensory Testing ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome

Provocative Sensory Testing in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. B. NOVAK ◽  
S. E. MACKINNON ◽  
R. BROWNLEE ◽  
L. KELLY
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Nerve Compression ◽  
Positive Pressure ◽  
Sensory Testing ◽  
Clinical Tests ◽  
Provocative Test ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
The Relationship

This study reports the relationship between three clinical tests in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome and the stages of nerve compression. Assessments of 158 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome were reviewed retrospectively. 77% of patients had at least one of the clinical signs present. The incidence of positive pressure-provocative and Phalen’s tests were similar and more likely to occur in combination than separately. Tinel’s sign was more likely to be positive in the later stages of nerve compression. Our results suggest that the presence or absence of a provocative test is dependent upon the severity of the nerve compression.

Assessment of Sensory Nerve Conduction in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome before, during and after Operation

1988 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-390
Author(s):  
R. LUCHETTI ◽  
R. SCHOENHUBER ◽  
A. LANDI
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Conduction Velocity ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Prognostic Value ◽  
Sensory Nerve ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Sensory Conduction ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Operative Findings

Sensory conduction velocities of the median nerve before, during and after operation were compared in nine patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and four controls, in order to evaluate the prognostic value of the pre-operative and intra-operative findings. Sensory conduction velocity was higher after operation than before in all patients (mean difference 31.33%), but not in control subjects. One patient showed a dramatic increase of 157% immediately after decompression. Comparing the intra-operative with the post-operative findings all patients but one showed an increase of antidromic sensory conduction velocity (mean 44.37%), while in control subjects again minimal changes were found (mean –4.25%). The study confirms the high diagnostic value of the pre-operative antidromic sensory conduction velocity findings. However, the prognostic value of both pre-operative and intra-operative ASCV findings is low.

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