Can Carpal Tunnel Syndrome be Appropriately Diagnosed in a Cold Hand?

CONCLUSIONS: During this study, cold temperature did not result in misclassification of either control patients or CTS patients when CSI was diagnostically used. Based on these results, peak latency comparisons in cold hands can be considered as diagnostically reliable as under standard hand temperature ranges for the diagnosis of CTS, with caution warranted in borderline cases. This diagnostic technique can save time for the patient, physician, and care team without compromising quality of care. Future larger sample blinded studies at multiple electrodiagnostic sites are indicated.PMID:34532622 | PMC:PMC8405284 | DOI:10.51894/001c.25941

Source: Pain Physician - September 17, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Michael T Andary Drew B Parkhurst Maurice R Bernaiche Jose S Figueroa Lata Kumaraswamy Suzanne M Manzi Ryan A O'Connor Ingrid P Parrington Jim R Sylvain Source Type: research