Rasch analysis of the carpal tunnel syndrome instrument

The carpal tunnel syndrome instrument (CTSI) is the most widely used patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). However, CTSI is an ordinal-type questionnaire and might have caused misinterpretations of the PROM between surgical outcomes of CTS (Camitz and extra/open carpal tunnel release).

Source: Journal of Hand Therapy - August 15, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Kazuteru Doi, Satish A. Mane, Yasunori Hattori, Sotetsu Sakamoto, Shichoh Sonezaki, Yuji Saeki Source Type: research