Effects of wrist extension on median nerve and flexor tendon excursions in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a case control study
學年 109
學期 2
出版（發表）日期 2021-05-24
作品名稱 Effects of wrist extension on median nerve and flexor tendon excursions in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a case control study
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著者 Chien-Ting Liu; Dung-Huan Liu; Chii-Jen Chen; You-Wei Wang; Pao-Sheng Wu; Yi-Shiung Horng
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著錄名稱、卷期、頁數 BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 22, pp.1-11 (477)
摘要 Background: Reduced gliding ability of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel has been observed in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the gliding abilities of the median nerve and flexor tendon in patients with CTS and healthy participants in the neutral and 30° extended positions of the wrist and to compare the gliding between the finger flexion and extension phases. Methods: Patients with CTS and healthy participants were consecutively recruited in a community hospital. All the subjects received the Boston CTS questionnaire, physical examinations, nerve conduction study (NCS), and ultrasonography of the upper extremities. Duplex Doppler ultrasonography was performed to evaluate the gliding abilities of the median nerve and flexor tendon when the subjects continuously moved their index finger in the neutral and 30° extension positions of the wrist. Results: Forty-nine patients with CTS and 48 healthy volunteers were consecutively recruited. Significant differences in the Boston CTS questionnaire, physical examination and NCS results and the cross-sectional area of the median nerve were found between the patients and the healthy controls. The degree of median nerve gliding and the ratio of median nerve excursion to flexor tendon excursion in the CTS group were significantly lower than those in the healthy control group in both the neutral and 30° wrist extension positions. Significantly increased excursion of both the median nerve and flexor tendon from the neutral to the extended positions were found in the CTS group. The ratio of median nerve excursion to flexor tendon excursion was significantly higher in the finger flexion phase than in the extended phase in both groups, and this ratio had mild to moderate correlations with answers on the Boston CTS Questionnaire and with the NCS results. Conclusions: Reduced excursion of the median nerve was found in the patients with CTS. The ratio of median nerve excursion to flexor tendon excursion was significantly lower in the patients with CTS than in the healthy volunteers. The median nerve excursion was increased while the wrist joint was extended to 30° in the patients with CTS. Wrist extension may be applied as part of the gliding exercise regimen for patients with CTS to improve median nerve mobilization.
關鍵字 Carpal tunnel syndrome;Median nerve;Flexor tendon;Doppler;Ultrasonography;Nerve gliding;Tendon gliding;Wrist extension
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ISSN 1471-2474
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