Author/Editor		Martić, V; Zidar, J; Raičević, R
Title		Savremen klinički i neurofiziološki pristup u dijagnostikovanju karpal tunel sindroma
Translated title		Contemporary clinical and neurophysiological approach to diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome
Type		članek
Source		Aktuel Neurol Psihijatr Gran Područ
Vol. and No.		Letnik 12, št. 3-4
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 62-9
Language		ser
Abstract		Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) results from compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. In order to set the CTS diagnosis we use the anamnesis, objective findings and neurophysiological investigation. A complex of symptoms encompasses paresthesias and decreased sensitivity in at least two of three first fingers accompanied by pain in the wrist and radiation above it. Provocative tests are used for indefinite cases or as an additional diagnostic tool for CTS. There are several neurophysiological protocols for CTS verification, but most of them include the measurrement of the median and ulnar nerve distal latencies and comparrison of orthodromic palmar latencies of both nerves. The contemporary diagnostic approach to CTS is of significance in the differential-diagnostic sense und for determinaton of the type of its treatment.
Descriptors		CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION ELECTROMYOGRAPHY NEURAL CONDUCTION MEDIAN NERVE ULNAR NERVE DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL