ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2020
Radiographic characteristics of wrists in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome patients.
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- Ulnar Impaction Syndrome and TFCC Injury: Their Relationship and Management.Journal of wrist surgery · 2025Article
- Morphometric indices and carpal tunnel syndrome: a radiological study in female patients.Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Computer-Aided Assessment of Three-Dimensional Standard Bone Morphology of the Distal Radius.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Radiographic Risk Factors Predicting Occurrence of Idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Simple Wrist X-ray.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The outcomes of carpal tunnel decompression based on electro-diagnostic approaches and clinical symptoms in patients suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Correlation between Electrodiagnostic Study and Imaging Features in Patients with Suspected Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Carpal Dimensions by Plain Wrist Radiography in Patients with Severe Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Advances in medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo determine the radiographic characteristics of wrists in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome patients, we compared the radiographic parameters of the wrists between carpal tunnel syndrome patients and non-symptomatic controls.
methodsWe evaluated radiographic parameters of 94 wrists of 62 idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome patients and 94 asymptomatic wrists of 94 controls. Carpal tunnel syndrome was diagnosed by clinical findings and nerve conduction studies. The lack of symptoms was confirmed with the medical records and interviews for the controls. X-ray images of the postero-anterior and lateral views of the wrist were taken. Using the obtained X-ray images, the indices of radial inclination, volar tilt, ulnar variance, and transverse and antero-posterior diameters of the wrists were measured. Two raters independently performed the measurement. One rater measured without information of clinical symptoms. Inter-rater reliabilities for each parameter were evaluated by the intra-class correlation coefficients. The averages of the measurements of two raters were compared between the carpal tunnel syndrome patients and the controls.
resultsThe intra-class correlation coefficients were 0.58 for radial inclination, 0.77 for ulnar variance, 0.99 for transverse diameter, 0.60 for volar tilt, and 0.91 for antero-posterior diameter. Statistically significant correlations were found for all parameters (P < 0.01). The ulnar variance was significantly larger in the carpal tunnel syndrome patients compared to the controls (1.7 +/- 1.8 mm and 0.8 +/- 1.5 mm for the patients and controls, respectively P < 0.01). There were no significant differences in the other parameters.
conclusionsSignificant differences in the ulnar variance were observed between carpal tunnel syndrome patients and controls. This suggests that the imbalance of radioulnar bone length is one of the risk factors to develop carpal tunnel syndrome. The positive ulnar variance may be an index that needs attention to the development of carpal tunnel syndrome. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: level III, a case control study.
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