ArticleJournal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society2015
The effect of tendon excursion velocity on longitudinal median nerve displacement: differences between carpal tunnel syndrome patients and controls.
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- Impaired median nerve mobility in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European radiology · 2023Pooled it
- Elbow Motion Induces Greater Median Nerve Excursion and Lower Shear Strain Than Wrist or Finger Motion in Healthy Volunteers.Muscle & nerve · 2026Article
- Grip Force Modulation on Median Nerve Morphology Changes.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2025Article
- Comparing the Carpal Tunnel Area and Carpal Boundaries in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Healthy Volunteers: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Successful evaluation of a new image-based parameter for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome: ultrasound assessment of longitudinal median nerve gliding in patients, healthy volunteers, and cadavers.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- Carpal tunnel mechanics and its relevance to carpal tunnel syndrome.Human movement science · 2023Review
- Ultrasonographical Evaluation of the Median Nerve Mobility in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- An ultrasound study of the mobility of the median nerve during composite finger movement in the healthy young wrist.Muscle & nerve · 2022Article
- Carpal tunnel syndrome treatment and the subsequent alterations in tendon and connective tissue dynamics.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2021Article
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatment and the Subsequent Alterations in Median Nerve Transverse Mobility.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2021Article
- Reliability of ultrasound speckle tracking with singular value decomposition for quantifying displacement in the carpal tunnel.Journal of biomechanics · 2019Article
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Abstract
The subsynovial connective tissue (SSCT) is a viscoelastic structure connecting the median nerve (MN) and the flexor tendons in the carpal tunnel. Increased strain rates increases stiffness in viscoelastic tissues, and thereby its capacity to transfer shear load. Therefore, tendon excursion velocity may impact the MN displacement. In carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) the SSCT is fibrotic and may be ruptured, and this may affect MN motion. In this study, ultrasonography was performed on 14 wrists of healthy controls and 25 wrists of CTS patients during controlled finger motions performed at three different velocities. Longitudinal MN and tendon excursion were assessed using a custom speckle tracking algorithm and compared across the three different velocities. CTS patients exhibited significantly less MN motion than controls (p ≤ 0.002). While in general, MN displacement increased with increasing tendon excursion velocity (p ≤ 0.031). These findings are consistent with current knowledge of SSCT mechanics in CTS, in which in some patients the fibrotic SSCT appears to have ruptured from the tendon surface.
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