Research shows ultrasound therapy adds NO BENEFIT to splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome
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Research shows ultrasound therapy adds NO BENEFIT to splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome A recent article in Muscle & Nerve, 2019, Vol. 6, by Jothi and Bland, just published solely involved 20 people with use of a splint and ultrasound and 20 people with the splint and no ultrasound. It…
Read MoreNerve Conduction Study vs. Ultrasonography The ultrasound marketers are really pushing the possible use of ultrasound in diagnosis of nerve entrapment. Nerve conduction study, however, has the advantage of many years of use in having established itself as a very useful tool in the objective evaluation of nerve entrapment. Ultrasound…
Read MoreThe Negative Effect of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome on Sleep Quality Not much has been written specifically about evaluating sleep in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome but it is clearly a big problem. It seems like about 7 out of 10 people seek treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome specifically because pain…
Read MoreEndoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Endoscopic carpal tunnel release (ECTR) is preferred over mini-open release. Despite the overwhelming advantage of endoscopic carpal tunnel release over open technique which involves much greater tissue injury, discomfort, and delay in return to work, there is still a controversy among many surgeons. Most of them…
Read MoreCarpal tunnel release in patients with nerve conduction studies which are normal. There has been a little bit of a controversy over the years on who is a candidate for surgery of the carpal tunnel. Neurologists have frequently been misguided into thinking that a nerve conduction study is prognostic when,…
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